US /naɪsnəs/
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Of course, don't always mean your niceness.
Of course, don't always mean your niceness.
But then a cycle begins. Just after a certain amount of niceness has been established, something occurs. It may be quite an obvious and large thing, but for true madness to be generated, it's more likely to be a pretty small thing, so small you wonder if you might be making it all up. The partner acts in a rather distracted and grumpy way. You're in a beautiful spot near a river, but they're not looking. They might be using their phone a lot. When asked what's wrong, they repeatedly and unconvincingly say nothing. Or another time, you come home looking forward to seeing them, but you sense not for the first time an odd disengagement. They say they're feeling a bit weird, they seem elsewhere. You try to be sensitive around them and leave them to it, but a peculiar atmosphere descends that you can't quite make sense of. They keep messaging people.
Just after a certain amount of niceness has been established, something occurs.
(iii) Deceptive Niceness
Indeed, ongoing niceness simply confuses us all the more.
Crisis, take advantage of your niceness.
Take advantage of your niceness.
I spent too long on the niceness of the lines, I think.
Oh my God, I spent too long on the niceness of the lines, I think,
that we tend to categorically and very tragically reject, ignore and trample upon goodness and niceness whenever it crosses our path.
trample upon goodness and niceness whenever it crosses our path.
The difference is you guys feel entitled to something because of your niceness.
the difference is you guys feel entitled to something because of your niceness,
"One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort.
"One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort; "one comes for life.
and then practising the art of "niceness" sounds bizarre, even eerie.
thinking about and then practicing the art of niceness
Sometimes you let people in too easily, mistaking their niceness for genuine care and kindness.