Couch 125 - We shall survive!

I intend to try it tomorrow.

I think "you and your ilk" is graduate-level.

I've deleted 400 emails so far...

I wish I could send you an email as your therapist, Art. It would look like this:

Dear Art,

My ego got in the way yesterday, and I'm sorry. I welcome you in any way that you show up. We will get through this.

Hugs,

T

thank you ruh roh. that is exactly what i would want to read!

Hey, you know how they have sample resume books? We should author a sample emails for therapists book. Emails for all occasions, from the biggest rupture to the smallest scheduling change!

Venting is healthy, I say! Let it out! I don't like those group things either. I don't know what "WhatsApp" is but I got pulled into some facebook messenger group thing where this friend of my sister's is trying to sell her pyramid scheme product. I just try to ignore it since I don't even know how to remove myself from it.

I think this is a great idea. We could have a whole section on ways to offer apologies to clients.

To ATAT and Art's points -- WhatsApp is one of those seemingly awesome things (you can send free text messages and make free voice and video calls to anywhere in the world) that is also super sneaky in terms of the difficulty of disconnecting.

Unlike FB and other social media a/cs, WhatsApp is tied to your phone number -- so, if you're getting rid of it, there's no way to get another a/c, unless you get another phone number. In my case, getting rid of it will cut off the major avenue that folks in the motherland use to get in touch with me (and while I'd greatly prefer they don't, that's well a whole other battle that I'm yet to win....especially since my passive-aggressive attempts at continuing to communicate using the old-fashioned method of a phone call haven't appeared to make a dent).

It also is weirdly intrusive because anyone can add you to a group and if you try to leave it, the whole group will get notified that you left it.

ATAT -- thanks. I totally suspected that sacrificing to saber-toothed tigers was the whole point but then man, people came up with all this altruism rationalization $hit.

Art -- pyramid scheme emails are absolute hell. Good for you for ignoring it -- it's been years since I was on FB but I think you can get out of the group (not sure if you can do it without your sister getting to know about it though -- assuming that's a concern for you).

As for the therapist email sample book -- can we also add a shiny reflective surface (you know a very subtle 'Look in the mirror') to every other page in the book?

I could start with an apology that worked for me yesterday from t1
"I feel like I let you down. I am so sorry."

A decent apology goes a long way for me. and I think some ts could definitely use some help in this area.

Sheesh. Why do I even try to communicate with anyone? I don't belong in human conversations, I am not human.

Great idea!

((Crocus))

you belong here. i for one am grateful for your conversational contributions to the couch.

only 753 more emails to go through. i have deleted almost all of the ones I've glanced at. Go me!

It's only 4:30 and I am drugging myself to sleep so I don't have to deal with the rest of today.

I know that feeling. Hugs and hope the sleep helps.

is there any way we can help, atat?

Wow, it's terrible that you had such a hairdresser! Kicking you out is really awful, if she wanted she could have used gloves.

My younger brother and I had a picking problem where we would each pick till we had a large bald spot each.

I'd have scabs too, especially one particularly large one because I kept picking there.

He keeps his hair really short so he picks less, and I switched to running fingers through my thick thick hair to tug out loose strands.

Just got my first batch of ranch Chex mix made. It's still warm and smells really good!!

Here's a bowl. *passing it around*. Enjoy whoever would like some.

Hugs to all. It's been so busy I haven't had time to really catch up.

Here's some artichoke dip from last night. I warmed it up with bagel chips to go with it. *passes that around*.

Enjoy!!

Finally got all my emails deleted. H took me away from it for a little bit to go shop for a recliner, as he broke his old one awhile back. Just got home and finished with the emails. Now it's all empty.

Im only trained in nails, but if we draw blood, we have to stop the procedure, stop the bleeding, double package everything for disposal, and sanitize the carp out of everything as usual if not more. Its the law.

yeah, the schools could do a better job. But how do you, or do they need to, teach political correctness, or humanity? The times people with who werent your typical young lovelies came into my school, guess who they were assigned to? The young special snowflake or the old hippie earth mother?

Personally i loved a challenge. I once did a pedicure on a guy who had burned his feet some years ago, i got those puppies shining. I had an old farmer who came in every so often to get his fingernails clipped. He was just precious. He goes, oh my wife used to use a rosewood stick on her nails! He was the last person i expected to recognize a cuticle stick!

True, wasn't aware of safety procedures. I stand corrected.

I work on the corporate side of retail in a design aspect but once A year they pressure us cubicle drones to help out at the actual stores. My shift was today and I salute anyone who works the retail side. I like our customers they just aren't very patient. As I go to find and answer even telling them how long to expect they sometimes just leave. If you ever ask for help at a store just remember that most retail people really do want to help you. Feel free to report any jerks though.

Edit: double post

oh yeah, we've been contributing to the economy this weekend, yesterday we bought the tile for finishing my son's shower re-do. Here's the tile we picked, including the decorative strip that will go around the shower part of the way up: