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Originally Posted by student646
In general, flattery will get you everywhere with me. So I always initially believe the compliments that my T gives me, but I have to wonder how genuine they are.
I mean, I don't believe that she is saying things that are outright false but I would imagine that T's probably give compliments a lot. I am wondering how often she says these things to everyone else.
It reminds me of when I was a server - I would get customers to like me by giving compliments right off the bat. I wasn't lying, but I wouldn't really call them genuine compliments.
This is a new T. I wonder if she tells all her clients that they are smart, creative, etc...
Has anyone wondered this? What do you think about it?
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i think about this all the time, actually. i think my t means well, but like you said, of course they compliment everyone... it comes with the territory... so it's hard to think that everything said is sincere. along the same lines, when my t says something encouraging like 'i know you can do this' or 'you are going to do such a good job at xyz' or 'i have confidence in you'... they have to say that stuff, you know? i mean, has there ever been a t who said something like 'well, you probably won't succeed at this, i need to be honest'