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From: ingham@unm-cvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Mind reading
Message-ID: <70@unm-cvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 02:01:07 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  8 02:01:07 1984
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Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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I tend to be one who is adept at picking up non-verbal cues and
remembering small details, like comments made in passing about desires,
wants, dreams, etc.  There are both good and bad sides to this.  Things
usually go well when I surprise people with things they like (but
didn't know I knew) or act appropriately because I "read" their
feelings correctly.  However, the problem occurs when I fail to notice
or not remember...  I have not taken mind-reading 101, but at times, I
have wondered if I am expected to have.  People often get used to me
knowing these things and then when I mis-interpret their non-verbal
cues or forget something, it is as if I had committed a crime.

This may be an insight into the "ambiguous signals" messages that have
been posted recently.  Maybe the other person "expects" you to be a mind
reader and "know" what s/he thinks.

Comments?
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Kenneth Ingham

UNM Computing Center,
Albuquerque, NM 87131,
505-277-8044

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