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THANKS - AND THANKS FOR NOTHING
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from Bonnie Punch contains these words: You sound a little needy, which might be off-putting to some seed recipients. Helen is the very opposite of needy. "Needy" doesn't only mean poor,hard-up. It's also used to describe people who (consciously or not), manipulate other people and social situations in order to support some hidden psychological need of their own. She very generously offers to send seeds to people *at her own expense*! If you send to more than a dozen people, that starts to add up to some real $$$. Well, Helen said she had packaged and sent a consignment to over 300 recipients, many abroad.Yes, that's some real $$$; "investing" so much time and money in strangers could mean she's rather emotionally needy in the above sense. As Paghat pointed out, needy behaviour often often makes people shy away. I don't think Helen (or you) should take it as an unkind criticism. If on careful consideration one's own behaviour or attitude turns out to be the cause of one's frustration, at least there's an opportunity to do something about it :-) Janet. |
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