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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight
Well, MC would probably say it's good he's saying I'm irritating because otherwise I would just assume I am anyway. Kinda like I often worry he's (H, not MC) mad at me, so one session we talked about how I needed to ask him if I was concerned about that, and, in turn, he had to be honest in response. So if he was mad, he had to tell me. Though, yeah, "irritating" is a little different... (Plus I feel like I'm irritating if I keep being like, "Are you mad at me?")
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It is not the same thing if he says "you are being irritating" (=ascribing a negative characteristic to you) versus "I'm mad at you" (=informing you of how he is feeling at the moment). Even I know that and I know nothing about relationships - so hopefully a trained MC would pick up on that difference as well....