River: Aha[3]: the other part of the phone phobia

[mdlbear]

I think I must be able to read facial expressions better than I usually give myself credit for. I can recognize at least some emotions when I see them, at least enough to know that I have to ask for clarification.

I'm a lot worse at reading tone of voice. That probably has a lot to do with why I'm much more uncomfortable on the phone than I am with either text (which I can edit, and where I can take enough time to be very explicit about saying exactly what I mean) or face-to-face, (where I can get visual feedback and correct my mistakes immediately).

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[chaoswolf]

Been there too. Horrible place that. I can read selkit well enough to know he's tired and just woken up when I talk to him on the phone, but that's usually because he claims it's insomnia. Until he has a sleep study done to prove this theory, I'm going to call it that it's because I'm not there and insists on staying up until he must sleep during the day because it's the only time he'll be able to as long as we're seperated.

Reading him face-to-face is another story. I'm usually good at that, but still have trouble when he stays up for multiple hours after I claim to have gone to bed and insists on sleeping the next morning and taking over 2 hours to commune with the blanket until his back stops spazzing. You may wish to recommend some excercizes to him, as I know that there are a few you like.

[mdlbear]

Could try. Corner me some time next week.