pop psychology!

Stephanie is indifferent to your indifference. (Facebook status)

A: ...but not indifferent enough not to need to make a status out of it?

S: I know, right?

A: So the question is: are you sure you're really indifferent or are you just telling yourself that?

S: I'm fairly certain it's the latter. I find myself unable to lie to you. You should be a psychologist.

A: I mean, chances are...if it's on your mind...you're not indifferent. Sometimes I pretend I'm a psychologist, but that's as far as I'm prepared to go with psychology at this point. If I were a real psychologist I would probably not be talking about myself, I'd be focusing on you.

S: Well pretending you're a psychologist to your friends can be more worthwhile than a session with a real one. And I didn't realize you were talking about yourself prior to that comment.

A: "Sometimes I pretend I'm a psychologist, but that's as far as I'm prepared to go with psychology at this point in time."

I considered that talking about myself. If we were having an actual therapy session I probably would avoid saying things like that. It's not professional.

Oh and totally. Pretending to be a psychologist is worthwhile and fun, that is until you get something completely wrong...then you just feel like an assuming jerk.

So you have to be confident, but at the same time try to come off as unassuming as possible.

S: LOL Thanks for the advice on how to be a successful psychologist

And your assumptions have not been wrong up to this point. I'm just not sure how comfortable I feel with being that see-through when it comes to my statuses lol. I wasn't prepared for your eye-opening insight.

A: Ah, that's an interesting point. We all wonder how see-through we are.

And what's even more interesting is that you probably have a desire for someone to guess/figure out all your mysterious statuses. Why else would we put them up. We always know that there is the possibility someone will figure out what we mean. And that's really what we want. It's a way of expressing something that we don't feel comfortable expressing (or don't know how to express) to people in person.

S: That's very true.