It actually reminded me much more of MrH than myself, so do with that what you will.
I have never had a problem accepting a gift and don't remember ever thinking, Oh great now I've gotta get *them* something, etc etc, something that absolutely besieges H. He is a tit for tat person and always thinks there's some sneaky strings tied to everything. I am much more apt to take it at face value. I am also pretty good at receiving compliments, though not perfect. I too battle the urge to downplay whatever has just been said. Mostly with self deprecating humor. Most of the time, though, I just say Hey thanks!
The 10 dollar exercise, well, I don't know how I'd do with that one. Certainly not the perfect ideal as laid out by Ms. Beck of saying "I don't care what happens" but I would probably laugh and say Aw man! if the hoity toity lawyer picked it up instead of getting in a tizzy about it.
Thanks for the article. I think I'm okay with receiving but I dole out the Inner Honey in miserly little doses, on my own timetable.
Sound familiar, blackfoot????
I swear, when he first started posting I thought, Oh man this is the male version of myself. I have since questioned that because of differences in our talents/confidence (he is much more so than I) and so on but the essence of him seems familiar to me.
