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Originally Posted by Lucille
Sometimes, what people want is someone to listen, to acknowledge their feelings, to have someone listen to their distress. Not necessarily to solve issues or do something, but to understand.
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Connie telling me something is wrong is like waving a red
PLEASE FIX IT flag in front of my face. Just my nature to want to fix something that is broken, I guess.
But you are probably right, even though it goes against my nature. Connie might tell me she is cold. Couple of solutions pop to my mind: (1) turn the heat up, or (2) put on a sweater. So I suggest them, but she will say, "No, I will be OK." I have to admit, it drives me right up a wall. Now if I had said "Don't worry about it, you will be OK" somehow I don't think that would be appreciated much, even though it resolves to the same lack of a simple obvious solution.