Since I've been trying to temper my mostly past-tense criticisms of my parents with some praise for things they did right, I should probably make sure not to inadvertently lure people into doing business with them or providing information to them that they might not respect. I saw a code outside just now, from a Vietnam veteran donation vehicle, indicating that my parents might have notified DHS (via the police, I assume) that I was talking to my dog about personality psychology yesterday (I discussed openness with her, which is in the Brian R. Little book, Me Myself and Us, along with the idea of living in North Dakota over the personality types of many people who live there).

I am concerned that my parents want to be "long-term spies." I thought they were doing it before, and I'm worried that they still are. They did many things right about my upbringing, especially including education and psychological/psychiatric care. I note that they have some unusual sensitivities, like to feel very highly respected, and are quite easily angered, whether you see that or not. I think they've worked on self-control.

Anyway, my dog Rosey is very wonderful and worth visiting...she is allowed to repeat anything I tell her in her way and she might do that with anyone she communicates with, she is excellent at communication and sometimes quietly watchful. She likes to get along with people and get good attention, including getting a "fur coat rub" with a human hand perhaps including fingernails.

I would encourage people visiting or interacting with my parents to maybe be polite, and definitely very careful about information you might be disclosing to them...I've heard my mother repeat a lot of other people's "problems" as she calls them, and she indicates that people "tell her their problems all the time" and remarks about that. I am careful with things I say to my parents and Rosey; that way, there is less room for outrage, since everything I need to keep a secret from them is on one of my two offline computers which they generously gave me (I also have one more computer that I'm using now, and an iPod that I got with money they gave me to get by for now). I think they will be happier socially if people are aware of the fact that they may like to repeat a lot of things they are told for some sort of "credit" or something.

-Philip White (philipjwhite@yahoo.com)

On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 1:30:52 PM UTC-4, B.H. wrote:
> Since I've been trying to temper my mostly past-tense criticisms of my parents with some praise for things they did right, I should probably make sure not to inadvertently lure people into doing business with them or providing information to them that they might not respect. I saw a code outside just now, from a Vietnam veteran donation vehicle, indicating that my parents might have notified DHS (via the police, I assume) that I was talking to my dog about personality psychology yesterday (I discussed openness with her, which is in the Brian R. Little book, Me Myself and Us, along with the idea of living in North Dakota over the personality types of many people who live there).
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> I am concerned that my parents want to be "long-term spies." I thought they were doing it before, and I'm worried that they still are. They did many things right about my upbringing, especially including education and psychological/psychiatric care. I note that they have some unusual sensitivities, like to feel very highly respected, and are quite easily angered, whether you see that or not. I think they've worked on self-control.
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> Anyway, my dog Rosey is very wonderful and worth visiting...she is allowed to repeat anything I tell her in her way and she might do that with anyone she communicates with, she is excellent at communication and sometimes quietly watchful. She likes to get along with people and get good attention, including getting a "fur coat rub" with a human hand perhaps including fingernails.
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> I would encourage people visiting or interacting with my parents to maybe be polite, and definitely very careful about information you might be disclosing to them...I've heard my mother repeat a lot of other people's "problems" as she calls them, and she indicates that people "tell her their problems all the time" and remarks about that. I am careful with things I say to my parents and Rosey; that way, there is less room for outrage, since everything I need to keep a secret from them is on one of my two offline computers which they generously gave me (I also have one more computer that I'm using now, and an iPod that I got with money they gave me to get by for now).. I think they will be happier socially if people are aware of the fact that they may like to repeat a lot of things they are told for some sort of "credit" or something.
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> -Philip White (philip...@yahoo.com)

Note, it's possible that I mis-read the code and it was from the bot or a coincidence; I issue the warning as something to watch for, since it is possible. It is not a definite fact, it is my suspicion.

Also, Rosey likes "exchanges"; if you give her something she likes, e.g., a treat or a nice gesture she hasn't seen, she might respond with a gesture or reaction of her own...I think she likes the idea of "equality of exchanges," i.e., she'll be more forthcoming with amusing facial expressions or interest in staying on the sofa (which I like) if I rub her back and her fur coat for longer, and I think she likes the idea of consent and exchanges.

I am saying this for people who might visit the house after I'm gone, if I ever am, which I hope I will be soon. The extended delay is upsetting, of course...I did nothing wrong, I said it all before.

-Philip White