@GentlemanTech@cyberplace.social I really have a hard time with transactional people - I was married to one years ago, and it didn’t go well. For me it’s always been my difficulty in making it plain that I do care about them. People thing I’m reserved or aloof, and it’s more that I have spent too much of my life clueless as to social mores. I’ll finally tell someone “I really like you and am I enjoying what you’re doing.” And they’ll say “Really? I had no clue!” The lesson for me is outwardly show it.