..explain the situation totally and how it's going to affect him.
Kat told him about us, roughly six months ago now. He seems to have trouble wrapping his mind around the idea of several people in one body. (His theory is that some mythical 'I', who's personified her various brain regions. When not mercilessly condensed into one sentence, his view almost exactly parallels ours, except that he hasn't taken that last step to conclude that we have seperate personhoods.) The conversation stalled there, and he now seems to be avoiding the issue. We rather think that we've mishandled it, but are hopeful that we can salvage the situation, provided that we can figure out what to do next.
Intentionally brining up how our existance will affect him does sound necessary, and might help with him feeling weirded-out. However, if he Really Doesn't Want to talk about it, forcing the discussion (or monologue) on him might make the situation worse.
Thanks for the idea, we've some thinking to do. - Us
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Date: 2006-11-22 07:44 pm (UTC)Kat told him about us, roughly six months ago now. He seems to have trouble wrapping his mind around the idea of several people in one body. (His theory is that some mythical 'I', who's personified her various brain regions. When not mercilessly condensed into one sentence, his view almost exactly parallels ours, except that he hasn't taken that last step to conclude that we have seperate personhoods.) The conversation stalled there, and he now seems to be avoiding the issue. We rather think that we've mishandled it, but are hopeful that we can salvage the situation, provided that we can figure out what to do next.
Intentionally brining up how our existance will affect him does sound necessary, and might help with him feeling weirded-out. However, if he Really Doesn't Want to talk about it, forcing the discussion (or monologue) on him might make the situation worse.
Thanks for the idea, we've some thinking to do.
- Us