Posted by Dinah on February 3, 2005, at 9:23:15
In reply to Embarrassing Encounter, posted by mair on February 3, 2005, at 7:54:12
Tell her you feel uncomfortable, hadn't been sure what to do to avert it, and assure her you couldn't hear her conversation and could she hear yours? She's probably a bit anxious too. :)
My therapist and I live fairly near each other and running into each other at local shops isn't that uncommon. There are a couple of restaurants that he's mentioned he eats at frequently that I just don't go to. And my radar about him seems far more finely tuned than his about me, so I can generally see him first and avoid him.
The other day I thanked him for "not seeing" me at the post office. He asked for a couple of details, I suppose wondering if I really had seen him, then confessed that he had really not seen me, not that he "didn't see" me. :)
Which led into what is now a tired, for me, discussion about why I don't want to see him in public. As good as his memory is, he seems to have a block on that issue.
Anyway, my point is that there's no point in not mentioning it, since you're positive she saw you. And reassuring her that you couldn't hear her conversation might ease any lingering fears she had, as well as open the topic of whether she could hear you.
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