Generally in Canada the ' let them exhaust themselves ' is applied when you want to save someone but they are refusing help . Once they go unconscious thus , implied consent and you can safely rescue them , you can and go without repercussions due to the Good Samaritans Act up here <| sep |> I feel the exact same way . I don ' t mind talking with others and learning about their lives and giving them information about mine . I hate doing it because they think that what they do is the only way it should be done . I don ' t mind talking about why theyI do the things theyI do . But they end up turning it into a passive aggressive wankathon about how they are holier than thou , or how what I do is a mistake . Yes , I am learning to work , play in their mind , with codecomputers for a living . No , I don ' t want to be a doctorlawyer , Uncle Joe . No , I don ' t want a wife right now . No , I ' m not gay , Aunt Casey . I just don ' t want her around you narcissistic assholes right now .