Summertime Truth or Dare

[Bella~Vita]

Interesting!

[ArkansasPiscesGrrl]

Originally Posted by JAGG

Roflol. That's exactly how I would have answered. Lol you get extra bonus points for consistancy.

I want extra bonus points PLUS gold stars! Oh yeah, and glitter!

[Bella~Vita]

Kinda curious here

[ferret]

I'd like another truth, please. Still way too chicken to take a dare.

[Nomad]

still lurking........................too chicken.......................or am i?

[Greco]

Alright, I'll take another Truth question.

If anyone's up for it, ha!

digging this game Greco

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by greco

Alright, I'll take another Truth question.

If anyone's up for it, ha!

digging this game Greco

Greco,

If I may be the one to ask you your truth?

I can tell from your prior posts that your job has been both your vocation and your avocation.

1. What has been the most meaningful aspect of your job over the years?

2. What has been the least rewarding and most frustrating aspect of the job?

Thank you.

[ferret]

Waiting for a truth from someone....

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by ferret

Waiting for a truth from someone....

ferret,

1. What person during your life had the greatest impact on you, in a positive manner and why? (The period of time can be either short or long-it is the impact that matters, not the length of time).

2. The person that had the most negative impact and why?

Neither person needs to be named or identified specifically, unless you choose to do so.

Thank you.

[aishah]

i'll take another truth! still too chicken for a dare.

arkansaspiscesgrrl, i loved your "truth"! hehehehe

[Greco]

Great questions Anya. I'll take some time to answer them
with the sincerity with which they were asked.

Greco

Originally Posted by *Anya*

Greco,

If I may be the one to ask you your truth?

I can tell from your prior posts that your job has been both your vocation and your avocation.

1. What has been the most meaningful aspect of your job over the years?

2. What has been the least rewarding and most frustrating aspect of the job?

Thank you.

[ferret]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

ferret,

1. What person during your life had the greatest impact on you, in a positive manner and why? (The period of time can be either short or long-it is the impact that matters, not the length of time).

2. The person that had the most negative impact and why?

Neither person needs to be named or identified specifically, unless you choose to do so.

Thank you.

Even though my ex basically ruined our friendship recently, I'd have to say that she's the one person in my life that had a positive impact in me. She's a really peaceful, easy-going, laid-back person, and I think the years I've spent around her have taught me different ways of thinking and doing things, rather than responding to life in the same, old manner. She's certainly had a calming influence, and I think I've mellowed out in the past six years. I realize that I still have a long way to go, as my patience and my temper are things I continually struggle with.

On the flip side, I would say the person that has made a negative impact on me has been my father. I haven't spoken to him in 18 years by my choice. He's an alcoholic, has a hell of a temper when he's drinking (as far as I know, he still does), so I figure I'm better off without having that toxic influence in my life. Maybe part of the reason I'd rather keep people at a safe distance from me is because of him, and there's definitely some unresolved issues from my past. He never really had a good handle on his temper, either; I suppose there were certain things I picked up from him, as well as my brother. However, I never use my past as an excuse for how I am now.

That's way more honest than I planned on being in this post, but I suppose no one can never accuse me of not being honest.

Sue

[ferret]

aishah, here's a truth for you:

When have you loved someone who has not loved you back?

Sue

[Greco]

I’ll use my day job only to answer Anya.

2. What has been the least rewarding and most frustrating aspect of the job?

The drastic change in the field of mental health of the, at this point, monopoly of managed care companies (insurance), has been a disaster for client care.

Politics, and money does not make the best foundation for treatment in the mental health/psychotherapy
process.

It has been frustrating, to say the least, and is certainly the least rewarding aspect of my work.

1. What has been the most meaningful aspect of your job over the years?

Answering the first one last:

One of the most meaningful aspects of my work with people has been to see what incredible resilience we embody. Despite the losses, violence, trauma, apathy, and depression we eventually find our way through the abyss (the dark night of the soul ) to personal strength, and spiritual fortitude.

I have the honor of being present to remarkable recoveries.
Today was one such day, when a client’s tears were not of her breakdown, but her break through. I was awe-struck with the energy of love in my office this afternoon.

I could go on, but will leave it here.

Thanks Anya, Greco

Originally Posted by *Anya*

Greco,

If I may be the one to ask you your truth?

I can tell from your prior posts that your job has been both your vocation and your avocation.

1. What has been the most meaningful aspect of your job over the years?

2. What has been the least rewarding and most frustrating aspect of the job?

Thank you.

[Canela]

Okay, I'm in--truth.

[ferret]

Originally Posted by Canela

Okay, I'm in--truth.

What is the most embarrassing thing you've ever done and what was the result?

Sue

[Canela]

Originally Posted by ferret

What is the most embarrassing thing you've ever done and what was the result?

Sue

Gee is this the truth question or the dare one?

[ferret]

Originally Posted by Canela

Gee is this the truth question or the dare one?

Oh, and here I thought the question was harmless *grin* It's a truth.

Sue

[Canela]

Originally Posted by ferret

What is the most embarrassing thing you've ever done and what was the result?

Sue

Okay okay, I will play...I've had many embarrassing moments...but the one that sticks out right now this minute is when once, a while back, I was in Houston and was meeting a butch for the first time. He was my friend first for several years...we finally met in real time and had planned to go to dinner.

I was at my crazy sister's house and she was pretty buzzed when he got there and since I didn't know what to expect I was soooo nervous I was still primping in the bathroom when he arrived. She asked him in, gave him a beer and came to get me. When she told me he was there, I asked her where and she said he was waiting for me in the living room. I was worried she'd said something stupid to him because she was pretty messed up!

I ran out of the bathroom and straight into him (practically) and he laughed because he thought I was running to meet him!

The outcome--we had a great dinner, a few months of flirting and then left it alone...it was a difficult time for me and an LDR wasn't what I needed at the time. We are still friends and he teased me mercilessly about running out to meet him for years. If he ever reads this, he may do so again...oh well.

[aishah]

Originally Posted by ferret

aishah, here's a truth for you:

When have you loved someone who has not loved you back?

Sue

thanks, sue!

i have a bit of a talent for loving people who don't love me back. or being the one to fall really hard and not have it reciprocated. i've gotten better over the years about not expecting reciprocation and being careful about how much time/energy i invest in one-sided relationships, but i still love people and fall for people very easily.

my dad was probably the first person...it's possible that he did love me back and was just terrible at showing it, but he did some pretty horrible things to me and abandoned me and i kept putting myself out there. by the time he passed away, though, i'd started to learn a bit about boundaries, which has helped a lot in my other relationships.

when i first started college, i fell really hard for someone who was a few years ahead of me in the same field...we got to be great friends and there was a LOT of sexual tension. he was a huge player, though. and very dreamy (on a physical and intellectual level). we had really great chemistry. but he was not really interested in a relationship...and didn't have any feelings for me much beyond friendship/sexual chemistry. we did have mindblowing sex a couple of times...and i still have a soft spot in my heart for him. but we've both moved on.