Circe, love. LMAO.

[Gypsy]

"Gypsy has a colorfully 'Scared Straight' manner of speaking sometimes" ... I have to ask what that means to you.

I was laughing my tail off for about a 1/2 hour and then realized I am not sure what a "Scared Straight" way of talking is.

 

[Polished]

I thought "scared stright" might have been a Pricescope thing I hadn't heard of. I googled it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078205/

 

[Circe]

Polished got it in one! It just refers to a "tough love" approach - and you, m'dear, are PS's resident expert! IOn the thread in question, you managed a perfect blend of not pulling your punches and providing great insight. t was most definitely meant as a compliment.

 

[Gypsy]

Polished got it in one! It just refers to a "tough love" approach - and you, m'dear, are PS's resident expert! IOn the thread in question, you managed a perfect blend of not pulling your punches and providing great insight. t was most definitely meant as a compliment.

Okay. I don't pull my punches much. As for insight, I try (but don't always succeed). Tough love-- holding a mirror up that shows the truth as I see it is well, valuable. I know it's HARD to take, but I would rather have a hard truth that helps me really improve myself than a bunch of well meaning pats on the head that leave me in my rut with no path to get out.

((HUGS)) Thank you.

 

[Circe]

I'm glad I didn't hurt your feelings - I really did mean it as a compliment! Both literally and, well ... tangentially? Not quite the word, but as close as I'll get on as little sleep as I've had. Basically, I meant it as a compliment literally because telling the truth and not mincing your words is a GOOD thing - and because I thought you'd take it as such (which is a high mark of character, IMO). Anyway! Hugs back atcha.

 

[Gypsy]

No worries. The truth doesn't offend me. ((HUGS))

 

[Polished]

"Tough love" is one aspect of what this film depicts, the other was the compassion that went with the passing on of one's own sometimes hard borne experience that may be of help others.

 

[Gypsy]

"Tough love" is one aspect of what this film depicts, the other was the compassion that went with the passing on of one's own sometimes hard borne experience that may be of help others.

Well. That's just a lovely compliment, isn't it? A lot of the advice I give comes from a personal place. I've had bad relationships, challenges in my marriage, and boundary issues with my family members and self confidence problems. As hard as it was to work on myself through those challenges, I've been very blessed that I've made positive progress (and have much more to go) and if my experiences can help others make positive progress too, that makes it even more worthwhile. But I'm not a therapist or anything of the sort so my bedside manner is gruff, but well I still hope that something I say helps the occasional person.