From the course: Persecutors, Victims, and Rescuers: How to Deal with Psychological Games Players
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Maybe = yes
From the course: Persecutors, Victims, and Rescuers: How to Deal with Psychological Games Players
Maybe = yes
- This next game is a game that I've noticed that my mum plays with me, and also some friends play with me, and it's called Maybe Equals Yes. So if my mum says, "Will you do this?" And I say, "Well, I'll see what I can do." She goes, "Okay," and she then treats that as a yes. But take an example with, say, some friends who live a long way away, and it's quite a hassle to visit them, and you just want to see them occasionally, but you don't want to tell them that they're not good enough friends to visit all the time. They'll say, "You will visit again soon, won't you?" And because you're polite, you say, "Oh yes, yes, we'll try and come again soon." And then a few months later they say, "But you promised you'd visit." So they're almost forcing you to be rude. They're forcing you to say, "Well yeah, I'm going to visit you, but only once a year, 'cause you live so far away and you're not worth it." So they either force you…
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Only trying to help8m 24s
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Yes...but3m 41s
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Blemish2m 38s
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Let's you and them fight4m 30s
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Harried2m 1s
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Kick me3m 59s
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Wooden leg2m 26s
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Brown stamp collector5m 13s
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Gold stamp collector1m 19s
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Only joking5m 7s
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Schlemiel2m 49s
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What you made me do1m 23s
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Now I've got you!2m 30s
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Grudges3m 43s
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Sulking3m 28s
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Ain't it awful2m 19s
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If it weren't for you2m 33s
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Maybe = yes2m 58s
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Mine's better2m 4s
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Patronizing1m 35s
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A few examples2m 46s
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