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WCDT 4446-4450 (the 25th through 29th of January, 2021)
MrNumbers:
I do like how this resets them back to equal, as opposed to Elliott being obviously too good or mature for Clinton.
So that's lovely.
Farideh:
--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 25 Jan 2021, 20:55 ---Agree to disagree on this? My interpretation was definitely "something Clinton wants to happen" rather than "a hypothetical possibility."
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Yes, absolutely. One of the things I like about the WCDT is reading the different interpretations about the comic. We don't agree with each other very often :laugh:
BenRG:
So, the guy who doesn't perceive boundaries until it is far too late and a guy who freaks out at the merest hint that he's made a misstep. Jeph really, really should have thought a lot more about whether these guys were plausibly compatible before arbitrarily pairing them up.
That said, I do like the idea of seeing Elliot's reaction to Mrs A and Cosmo. I wonder if Cosmo will dislike him because he smells of cats on a canine-only detectable level? Or whether, as seems to be the case in the real world, Cosmo will be overjoyed to meet Hercules's human?
--- Quote from: DaiJB on 25 Jan 2021, 18:50 ---Yes, deep breaths Elliot! Go and talk to Hanners - she probably has a spare paper bag you can use :-D
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Of course she does. She has whole boxes of them. What, you think that she'd ever use one more than once? That would be terribly unhygienic!
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Amended to reduce salt content
Annemoon:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 25 Jan 2021, 23:37 ---So, the guy who doesn't perceive boundaries until it is far too late and a guy who freaks out at the merest hint that he's made a misstep. Jeph really, really should have thought a lot more about whether these guys were plausibly compatible before arbitrarily pairing them up.
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True, however, they are also both open minded, willing to admit mistakes, willing to work on themselves, and very much working on growing and being a better themselves.
They are very much alike in that journey, which can create a feeling of kinship.
If they establish trust and practice open communication - which they have already been working on - I do see this working actually.
Upside, they will both get quite a bit of practice on working on their weak spots. They definitely would run into some boulders, especially in the beginning.
But in my experience, even if you are relatively bad at reading people, you can become quite attuned to your partner, and pick up their signals way sooner.
And in reverse, even if you are bad at sharing things, the level of trust you develop with your partner makes that it's much easier with them to share your boundaries.
I'm speaking somewhat from experience here, I can be a bit obtuse at moments, my partner doesn't open up quickly.
But by being supportive of him speaking up, always listening when he does, and occasionally checking in if everything is okay, that is totally compensated. I mean, I can really really work.
jesslc:
Elliot, please start getting help for anxiety asap! Your future self will thank you - I speak from experience.
Also thank god someone in the comic has finally floated the idea that Elliot's anxiety might benefit from professional help! I've been hoping one of his friends would do so for ages and ages.
I didn't really understand what anxiety was (in a mental health context) until I was in my mid-late twenties. I often wish I'd known earlier (and got help earlier) as looking back I can see ways in which anxiety was affecting my life from as young as primary school age. Better late than never I guess, but still... a diagnosis and help as a child - or even as a teenager - would have saved me so much pain over the first 3 decades of my life. So I may have shouted at the comic along the lines of "please just go get therapy already / please tell Elliot he'd benefit from getting therapy already" a couple of times these past few years. :psyduck:
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