Thread:Vicki04/@comment-34532495-20180506022932/@comment-35315474-20180506233722

Thank you and agreed. You and I are both very generous to others, but that does not mean we are suckers. I want to know that the person with whom I'm sharing is willing to share with their friends as best they can. I don't expect someone at a lower level to send the kinds of things you send me or that I can now send others, but at least try to send from my WL when you can. And if not, then send the best freebie you can (based not only on level, but what you think I might be able to use – aka, no thread/tar).

And the but negating what's said before it is not only something most of us pick up on naturally, but it is actively taught in my masters program for psychological counseling. We are taught to watch for that when a client/patient does it. So it's not something either of us are making up. It is a known and documented speech pattern. If anyone ever used it in class, the professor would immediately catch it and point it out – especially the department chair.