Tough love is great for some people, not great for others. Me - it makes me violent. But some people its what they long for in their heart.. someone else to give them a verbal kick in the pants. I had to get rid of a few Ts because they worked the Tough Love thing. To me the tough love thing is basically telling the person to "get up off your azz and do something for once in your life" and that's why I don't like it. There is nothing worse than calling a depressed person lazy.