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Old Feb 02, 2012, 01:01 AM
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So how do you get him to tell you things he's disappointed in? It seems like it would be mean and/or the response would be fake if I tell him (or anyone) I feel inadequate compared to them and could they please tell me why they're not so great. Maybe you have some good way of putting it?
I say "I need to feel you are human, have vulnerablities, just like I do. Then it won't feel so cold and clinical to me in here." Then "Would you care to enlighten me?" If there good, they'll find relevant ones that fit the bill without being fake.
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Thanks for this!
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