Couch 171: Scams R Us

So Info’s gone from jungle decor to Arctic. Lots of white, faux polar bear rug on the floor.

And, she keeps rope in her filing cabinet drawers. For experiential therapy. Or so she says.

What’s the experience?

I’ll trade you Blondie for Madame T any day.

Abseiling down the side of her building.

Your mind is a wonderfully clean G-rated haven

He sent me an email that said he knew it was a tough session and to please stick with him and not pull away and that we would work through this. That was nice of him.

She wanted me to arrange the rope in whatever shape I wanted on the floor and stand in the middle to symbolize boundaries.

I arranged it in the shape of a black magic pentagram.

She also uses it for tug of war.

Therapist awards? How would colleagues know what any other therapist does except self-reported? Are there client voting booths?
To me it sounds like here is a trophy for you and next year we will give to X and then to Y etc because you paid money to join our organization sort of empty puffery.

This appeared to be a client one although that makes it a tad more strange — I’d never vote, period. Even if I actually liked the therapist.

But who the heck knows? I couldn’t get away from the website fast enough given how gawdawfully cheery it was.

Dont we know it!

Im sorry to hear that, bcm. Were the kids close to their uncle or did you just know him more from before?

For a whie now he has lived in the next town about 50 minutes drive. The girls have known himsince they were very young. I have known him for about 20 years. I have identifed the feeling i have and it is jealousy, i am jealous that his family get to say goodbye and I have lost all my family and never got to say goodbye any of them. I feel guilty about being jealous.

Hugs hugs hugs.

I feel so used. So my H and I have been helping my sister out a ton: place to stay, food and drinks, free babysitting, a new laptop, tons of office supplies, emotional support, cash, etc. We've been taking care of her dog for awhile, but she's supposed to look into putting him in a shelter that helps animals of families who have domestic violence. So my H asked her about that today. She exploded on us saying she'll never ask for anything from us, she doesn't ever want to see us, etc. She throws a tantrum every time something doesn't go her way. I'm sick and tired of my family. And I'm so tired of helping people out and then they stab us in the back.

Someone f*ed me over today. I did a job for them and they decided to give me half what they owed me - in all, I got paid 75% of what we agreed on. I have no recourse. I am so angry!

In Denver now waiting for next flight.... 2 hour layover. Munching on the peanut m&m's my mom stuck in my bag... Lol

I think that was really nice of him too.

Your feelings are valid, it's okay to be jealous about getting to say goodbye.

I would message back, saying this is not we agreed. Depending on the amount maybe threaten taking them to a small claims court for the remaining amount.

I would suggest setting very firm boundaries to protect your emotional energy now. You've helped her a lot in the past. Give her a date to move out by and to contact the shelter. Quit paying and babysitting for her.

Omg that's so cute! Yay for peanut m&ms.

Yep. That sentence brings up breasts for me and the body of a woman.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand your post Una!

"All you need to know about awards is that Mozart never won one."