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What is she doing?
There's this girl I thought was my friend, and she and I and a bunch of other people were talking, and someone said they didn't "get" the stock market, and she agreed. I asked what wasn't to get. The girl started asking me all these questions about the stock market, and when I would take the slightest time to think about my answer, she would give me this LOOK. Now she won't stop quizzing me about different aspects of the stock market, and trying to "prove me wrong," saying "Maybe you don't know as much as you think. Keep your mouth shut next time" and things like that. Why is she doing this? She's NEVER done anything like this to me before.
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Maybe she is trying to show herself off to the other people by putting you down. Alot of people do that to others because it makes them think higher and better of themselves. and them people will find themselves with no friends later if they dont knock it off. Talk to her about it or maybe get some real good questions going and quiz her with really hard questions and after you prove her wrong on few questions she will stop because she is emberassed herself.
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She's somehow got it into her head that you're this know-it-all who needs a reality check. It happens sometimes when people are insecure about themselves - somehow just by saying "I know some things about the stock market" she thinks you're trying to put her down and say you know everything about it.
My guess is that you were actually trying to sort of encourage your friends not to give up on the concept - and go you for doing so! There are way too many people in society who just dismis things that look hard; they're totally fine just announcing that they don't know "anything" about cars or computers or whatever. It's sad, but it's also good to know that you won't fall into the same trap. What you've got now is a communication issue - you were trying to convince your friends not to give up, they think you're full of yourself. This girl is insecure. Tell her you have confidence in her to know things, that's why you tried to steer the conversation towards the Way Of The Smart. She just might turn around and appreciate smart girls instead of trying to pull them down.
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She's mad you know something she doesn't. Asking "what isn't there to get?" is kind of stuck up, though. Try to avoid statements like that in the future. You are kind of making of a big deal out of it though, don't worry so much.
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