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(04-29-2018 05:59 PM)Days of Broken Arrows Wrote:  

I mean this literally, right down to taking someone else's food without asking first (a major pet peeve of mine), the accosting of strangers, and her offering rude opinions on things no one asked her about.

She could also simply be autistic.

It looks very different in women, and if nobody's made a habit of harshly checking her behavior, she might do a bunch of really oddball low-boundaries things routinely without noticing that anybody thinks she's off-center.

I know a woman like this who is married to an attorney friend. All of her voicemails and texts are incredibly lengthy. She once blurted out about "that time [my husband] moved in with his mother" and it became apparent he had tried to eject early on and ended up taking her back. She'll routinely mention things her husband has told her that she should do, unaware of how strange it is that she actually has to be instructed. "Well, [my husband] says that it's impolite to ask people about..."

Agree entirely with the advice to set boundaries, indirectly once and directly the second time. Many people like this really do get the message if you just abandon diplomacy and spell out "I need you to stop doing that".