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Originally Posted by content30
So many of you guys are really playing into this poster's hands. My nonsense meter is through the roof. This poster has started threads about his dinosaur losing a lust for life, about bathing fish, and marrying a T's dog. I'm all about kindness, but I'm no one's fool.
Illegal Toilet, shame on you for taking advantage of the kindness and empathy of those on this forum who truly are on here to connect with and help others.
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I think I remember the dinosaur thread...
I think this thread has prompted interesting discussion and exploration of ideas, of boundaries, of varying client needs and motivations...
When something so seemingly abstract is posted, by someone with a sense of humour, you have to wonder at the sincerity of the question... but I'm not sure that anyone is being taken for a fool here, but rather running with it, with the idea - and with the thoughts that a concept like 'combing T's hair' brings up - whether it's 'it gives me the creeps' or is something of a childlike fantasy, or whatever, or how ethical it might or mightn't be, and for who and why... It's interesting to examine our own thoughts that the subject brings up, our personal reactions to it (and to the thread!)... and I'd argue that is potentially valuable...
I've enjoyed reading through it, anyway. (About Growlycat's bald T and all.
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As a T in training doesn't this make you think? How far you would be willing to flex to meet a client's needs? How far you
should go, and whether there would be any exceptions? Whether a hug is more intimate than hair combing...? How you would respond to a client making such a request? Assume they were joking/shut them down/shame them/assume they are not taking therapy seriously/tell them you won't be taken for a fool...? Or maintain a curiosity and open mind about why they might ask (or why they might make such a joke)...?