People who are passive aggressive, remember, this is just the way that they're conditioned. So chances are it's not just you; people who behave in passive aggressive manners will do that with other people as well. You can kind of appeal to a third party and just kind of let them know, ask for help. And the key thing here is that, even if nothing explicit happens, the power dynamic of the situation has changed. It's not like you against this person, you gues can kind of, like, you know, you all can outnumber them, in a sense. Some people are passive aggressive because they are conflict avoidant. But i would say like 50 % of