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Originally Posted by mostlylurking
If she doesn't do online dating, I'm assuming that means she has not personally encountered: **** pics, requests for nude pics, being called a ***** because you start shutting down a conversation, being called picky / snobby / a prude because you don't desire sexual relationships with every other guy who visits your profile, etc. I don't do online dating either, and I do have a friend who met her husband via online dating and they are happily married with children, but these are things I've gathered from my female friends who have done this. I know it can lead to good things, but it's often problematic and certainly has its own challenges, especially for women.
Honestly my first thought is that she has a brother, son, or husband who had something happen to them that upset her, and she chose to take it out on you. Regardless of the reason though, there is a lot wrong with her response to you, starting with the fact that you're the paying client and you couldn't get a word in edgewise! Your therapy session is not her soapbox.
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This is a pretty good recap of my online experience along with lots of bewilderment about why communication just trails off or disappears ...the phenomenon we call ghosting.
To be fair, I had my own rant during the session when it came to her comments about "if you don't like this then how do you expect to ever be in a relationship?" That's the part that really stung. I got pretty angry at that point.
Thanks everyone for thoughtful responses. I guess I don't know what to do. I actually don't have another appointment scheduled. The work I've done with this therapist has been really valuable. But I feel weird calling her cause it ended so badly. I thought she might call me but I don't know how things work at this point....I'm feeling really unmoored and sad.