'People Whisperers those people who help us understand human behaviour

[Guest guest]

Greetings:

--A few weeks ago, I said somewhat annoyedly to a friend " I need

a 'people whisperer', some one who could help me understand human

behaviour and how to cope with people. "

--Later I realized I have been blessed to have a few 'people

whisperers' in my life, who have helped interpret the often

perplexing human behaviour so that I am less upset or confused by

other people's actions.

--I coined the term 'people whisperer' as an analogy to 'Horse

Whisperer,' a book and movie about a man who helped people understand

and relate to horses.

--One of mine 'people whispers' was Marg; one of her suggestions was

to have 'pat answers' to the common converstional gambits most people

engage in. She explained that many peopl are uncomfortable with

silence and try to fill it with small talk. Another 'people whisper'

was Joyce. She used the analogy of cats greeting a strange cat by

touching noses etc. She said if I were a cat, I would tocuh noses,

then if the other cat wanted further interaction I would hiss and

snarl at it!

My husband has an accurate comparison between our female Siamese cat

and me: we both decide whom we want as a friend, we have few friends,

we speak our minds, and we decide how much interaction is enough!!

I later told a friend who was a psychiatric nurse about my husband's

observatioon, she had noticed the same similarities between the cat

and me but didn't know if I would be insulted if she menitoned them!

Have any of you had 'people whisperers' in their lives??

renaissanzelady