I believe that is what is alleged. Thank you for the break down. It can be confusing to parse out.

Ah that sucks. I guess I should have seen that coming. Some people just won't learn =/ I wish there was a better way to prevent these parents from ruining the game for everyone.

Try to make an analogy to a dog or cat. They have biting needs and we give them appropriate toys to satiate that craving. They just needs to accept that they're the only toy that can satiated your natural instincts.

So true bestie

https://youtu.be/JntqXxaI01Q?si=YqNVk1rG6nHoypkB

Just some absurdist humor. Anyone remember kingdom hearts stupid files? This feels similar to that kind of 1am loopy humor.

Thank you. I'm glad I read this.

They don't know I gendered myself

No he didn't. You don't have to know that you're taking a placebo for it to be a placebo. You just have to know you took something. Most people think the placebo affect is negated once it is revealed you have taken a placebo. His comment highlighted that the effect can persist despite ones knowledge that it is a placebo.

=)

How you doin now? Asking for me...

One aspect can be validation. They want another person to affirm that their strong emotions in response to whatever unfortunate event occured are not an overreaction. I think women particularly are criticized for "being too emotional" and can become very self conscious of any emotional response that can be perceived as disproportionate to the event that caused it. So when they tell you about what happened they're looking for how you respond.

It might be tempting to think, "I'll help them realize how little of a deal this is by showing them how easy the solution is." But that completely invalidates their emotions. They just need someone outside of the situation to objectively say, "yea what happened to you, that sucks. Most people in your situation would feel the way you feel. You're not weird or irrational for feeling this way."

Many much moosen.