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Old Jan 12, 2012, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge View Post
"thank you for being so candid" , IRL, could mean "gee thanks, most people would have kept that tactfully to themselves, i guess you just had to blurt it out"
or
"you have said something that normal people would never have let escape their lips, but whatever".

I was wondering whether T's saying that might mean any of that.
hmm... to me, IRL, someone saying that might be sarcastic or cynical.

but i believe a therapist would be more sincere and I'd take it as a positive comment.

jmho.
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Thanks for this!
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