Top definition
Verb
To put up an unconscious emotional, and distance yourself, when someone is discussing dark things about their life that you cannot help them with, such as severe financial turmoil or terminal illness, often done to protect the mental health of the person doing so.
Related forms:
Firdled (past tense verb), Firdling, Firdlance (noun form)
To put up an unconscious emotional, and distance yourself, when someone is discussing dark things about their life that you cannot help them with, such as severe financial turmoil or terminal illness, often done to protect the mental health of the person doing so.
Related forms:
Firdled (past tense verb), Firdling, Firdlance (noun form)
I just can't help myself. I try not to firdle when Terrence talks about his progressing Parkinson's, but it's depresses me so much to sit there and empathize fully.
by moamulti March 12, 2021