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Originally Posted by lucozader
Luc: (talking about a cat, and crying a bit) ...I really miss her.
M: I can see you're really sad.
(a pause, whilst I look at his lovely concerned face)
Luc: it's hard for me to say this when you're looking at me like that...
M: (smiling) I don't know what to do about that!
Luc: ...sometimes I want to take the piss out of you. Like just then, I wanted to say "WOW, well done, how did you work that one out?" ...but that's so mean - you're so nice!
M: well, I disagree with both those statements...
Luc: oh, okay... I guess I will take the piss out of you then!
It's just really cute that he thinks he isn't nice. He's nice as f**k.
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I've told mine that he gets one stupid shrink comment (e.g. "I can see that you're sad," "if you did know the answer to my question, what would it be?") per week.
He's getting better--makes more empathetic noises and fewer inane comments (though maybe that was more about
this paper than about my feedback; unclear). And he's at least learned to precede his super-shrinky statements with an admission that he's about to say something corny (e.g. "I realize this is going to sound shrink-like, but did that interaction with that patient remind you at all of your dynamic with your parents?"), which somehow ameliorates my annoyance.
Also I'm sorry about your cat, luc
