So, I wrote a post on here a week and a half ago about going onto T’s turf, and many of you responded: thank you! I also responded to a post on here about Myer’s-Briggs that I am an extrovert (and most who responded are introverts). So, I know that your interaction with people is probably different than mine in general. However, how would you interact with T in T’s natural habitat/on T’s turf? [Just stop reading here, if you don't want to read all the details...]

As I stated in my previous post, I did attend the event (an author T and I love spoke at a venue she frequents) and saw my T there. I smiled and waved, and she smiled and waved back. When I saw T for my appointment last night, she mentioned the author and asked me how I liked the event. I told her that I loved it. Then, she said, “You know, Content, you don’t have to avoid me if you see me at things like that. I’m not going to talk to you or acknowledge you unless you talk to me or acknowledge me, but you can talk to me. You don’t have to stay away from me or avoid me. I saw another client at [x place] before, and she talked to me. That is perfectly fine.” I told her that I was just trying to be very respectful of her boundaries and her family’s boundaries (she was sitting with her family). I said that I didn’t really know what I would have done…walked up to you guys and said, “Hi, I’m one of the crazy people that your mom/wife gets paid to talk to on a regular basis—I probably bought that outfit for you! She is super awesome! Anyway, have a nice night!” She said, “You’re not crazy! Lots of people go to counseling. You know that I went to counseling and that is why I became a T!” I said, “I know that…you know me…I’m just joking/kidding/saying that to get a rise out of you!” That is how the convo ended. Truth-be-told, I would have loved to have gone up to T and talked to T and met her family, but I didn’t know it was kosher. If T was my friend or acquaintance or coworker, etc. and not my T and I saw her there, I would have gone up to her, hugged her, introduced myself to her family, and talked to each and every one of them—like I said, I’m an extrovert. I saw someone else there I knew that I hadn’t seen in 9 years, and I hugged her and chatted with her. However, I don’t know how to specifically handle this relationship. I don’t even know if this will ever happen again, but I just wonder how chatty I should have been…even though I’d love to chat it up! Hmmm…what do you guys think? I almost got the vibe that she was a little bummed that I didn’t chat with her there….