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In response to "poll! the silent treatment: good, bad, childish, what?" by kare

Usually crappy and childish, but sometimes I have just felt unable to talk. So it wasn't that I was choosing not to talk out of petulance. -- nm

Posted by mara Dec 1 '08, 10:31

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to me that is not the same as the "silent treatment". -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 1, 10:36
Personally, I think there's a difference between feeling unable to talk, and going out of your way to avoid talking to someone. -- nm - kelly Dec 1, 10:33 8
- But I think they would seem the same, or very close, to the person observing it. -- nm - mara Dec 1, 10:34 6
  - If I am unable to talk, I say, "I'm so sorry but I'm unable to talk." I don't pretend the person doesn't exist. -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 1, 10:36 5
    - I had a friend in elementary/high school who used to *love* using the silent treatment, for reasons that I am still not sure of. - kelly Dec 1, 10:42
    - though... that can be more loaded than not saying anything at all. -- nm - kare Dec 1, 10:42 3
      - Not if it's true. Then it's just the truth, not a tactic. -- nm - TFox Dec 1, 10:44 2
        
        of course it can be loaded if it's true. it directly implies there's a problem, and possibly makes the other party wonder even *more* what's wrong. - kare Dec 1, 10:47 1
        
        with the silent treatment, sometimes you wonder whether you're imagining the whole thing. Totally Gaslight. -- nm - loosilu in Algiers Dec 1, 10:51
- Yes. Once you say the sentence "I really need some time to myself", it's not the silent treatment, it's something else. -- nm - TFox Dec 1, 10:34

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