For reading between the lines with greater comprehension
Sorrytaliatory Cycle: My mistake—no, yours—no, mine—no . . .
“Excuse me, my unfocused words. I was flying blind. If you can find it in your heart . . . if you’ve got one. . .”
“Shame,” by Randy Newman from the album “Bad Love”
Decision theory recognizes that any yes/no question entails the prospect [...]
Youjustifications : I’m right because you just…
Again, he’s ready to leave for an event and she’s not. He asks her how long she’ll be, honestly, because once he knows, he can adjust, do something to pass the time, manage his impatience with distractions. It’s just the uncertainty that irritates him.
To appease [...]
“Don’t say I don’t care. I do care.”
Like many words, care means different kinds of things. It has its descriptive meaning–its denotation: Caring is a certain kind of behavior. But it also has its prescriptive meaning–its connotation: Caring is good. You should care. Being uncaring is bad.
Combining denotation and connotation [...]
About all my huffs and furies, I have to admit to a double standard. In my anger and disdain, I ignore all similarities between me and the objects of my wrath.
I’m not typically hypocritical in real time, though that too is sometimes a possibility. When I’m angry or annoyed with someone, I’m probably not—at that [...]
If a problem arises between you and me, whose problem is it? Is it you, me or us? To resolve the problem, should you change, should I change, or should we change?
Problems come to our attention by way of a feeling, an affective change in one of us – some physical sensation that tells you [...]
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