Need unbiased opinion

SyrAlum
Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:46:44 +0000

IOW, asking people directly about how they feel about uncomfortable or awkward issues is unlikely to generate an honest response and more likely to increase the awkwardness.

^This. It describes my mother perfectly. Several of her friends and family members were very direct, tell-it-like-it-is people but my passive-aggressive mother is not. I always marveled at her ability to redirect, spin, or in some other way, not answer a direct question that made her uncomfortable. If, later on, she was asked why she didn’t answer directly, the answer was always some version of “Well, to say what I really thought would be rude.” or “Oh, I just couldn’t embarrass them like that…”.

My sisters and I think she missed her calling as a politician, especially these days…