# What does "showing respect" to your SO mean?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-showing-respect-to-your-so-mean/570798>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 9, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-showing-respect-to-your-so-mean/570798 "2011-02-09T20:13:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-showing-respect-to-your-so-mean/570798/152 "2011-02-15T21:13:09Z")

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> [@How does receiving praise make you feel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-receiving-praise-make-you-feel/571248/26):
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> Usually the praise I get is thinly masked sarcasm or insults. For some reason, I am always surrounded by passive aggressive people who think they’re so intelligent (or everyone else is so stupid) they can get away with it.

**Superhal** , if what you’ve said here is true, then you know what it feels like to hear this kind of thing. Your wife says she doesn’t like it, so don’t subject her to it either.

Also, if you’re surrounded by passive aggressive types, maybe your behavior is a part of why people are treating you with sarcasm.

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