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Look at him all of a sudden worried about other people

That tracks, Charlotte loved Wilbur like a mother and mothers sometimes violently fuck. Preferably without the children knowing

Accurate, don't forget that Donald Draper is actually a miserable SOB who is not who he's pretending to be

The same could be accomplished by pretending but ok whatever you need to tell yourself I guess

Doubles as a contraceptive

So you're saying it can be done

It becomes a habit if it isn't already, a very harmful one to be sure. Thinking nobody likes you may inadvertently cause you to keep your guard up, to appear closed or uninterested. This signals people not to interact and thus closing the loop of the self-fulfilling prophecy.

The resulting loneliness is killing.