MCT: Just FYI, you seem to think I'm a psychologist or something (hence your words, "approach" and "moderately successful"). I don't think you have a clue what it is I actually do, but I assure you I do NOT do therapy. I can't, people who whine annoy me. I can also assure you that I'm far more than just moderately successful in what I do.
The reason why I'm good at what I do is because I understand that people are not anywhere near as complicated or unique as we wish we were. Generalizations work when they apply to the majority of a given group. There are exceptions to every generalizaton, and pretty much everyone thinks that THEY are the exceptions. Sometimes they are, most of the time they aren't.
Further, I would never group someone like SLC into a group with a high school boy. But I wasn't talking to SLC's wife or girlfriend, I was responding to a high school girl about a high school boy. She gave enough information for me (doing what I do) to draw some simple conclusions about the kind of person he was and I responded accordingly. And when it comes to that kind of situation, my track record of success is very high. I have no problem admitting when I don't know something. But I have spent many years studying people, how they think, their motivations, and predicting their behavior. And yes, I'm good at it.
So you all can point out to me all day long that you don't fit into my generalization, but since I never said any one person here did, you can only guess if I think you do or not.
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You're either an incredibly proud woman or an incredibly poor reader. And while I'll openly admit to the possibilty of both, I'm inclined towards the former...
you seem to think I'm a psychologist or something
No, not really. I simply believe that you get paid to give people your opinions on human behavior. Just like you yourself stated. I mean, why would you lie?
I have no reason to disbelieve you, and hence I
believe what you said.
(hence your words, "approach" and "moderately successful").
My words were chosen merely to highlight your paying job (which could be any one of a number of things) and then to directly apply that in an assaulting manner to your first post in this thread; which, due to the way it was written, amply displayed your approach to the situation.
You wear your heart on your sleeve without even knowing it.
I don't think you have a clue what it is I actually do
Well obviously I don't know
exactly what it is you do...
but I assure you I do NOT do therapy
I believe you.
I can't, people who whine annoy me.
I believe you.
I can also assure you that I'm far more than just moderately successful in what I do.
I believe you.
As for the rest of your post, I've actually covered every major point in
my previous ones.
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