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Originally Posted by awkwardlyyours
If it helps you feel better, Blondie’s attempts at consolation are even worse — she tells me things like how apparently I have “good language skills”, “(am) not socially awkward” (although I’ve told her she hasn’t seen my awkwardness) and that I’m “putting myself out there” (my taking woodwork classes).
Meanwhile, she also asked me if I wanted to see her three times a week.
The nice thing is I don’t envy her coz it doesn’t sound like she actually likes a whole lot of people she supposedly hangs out with (husband’s family, neighbors, tennis partners etc). There’s always a bit of a pause before she catches herself and says “they’re lovely people”.
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Thanks. I feel better that I'm not the only one whose therapist applauds the fact that I am not drooling. She's said that other people/couples are not as happy as they seem, but then backtracked later and said she wasn't saying people aren't happy. She does encourage me to connect with others, but they are the usual suspects--neighbors and co-workers--and it's just not all that fulfilling. Una is kind of right when she says some of it may be my therapist's sense that I will end up in more bad situations until I get myself in order, but time is running out and she will be retiring in less time than I've been in therapy--we are on the downslope.