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In general, I agree with this, now if they were talking Medicaid that would be a different story.

Bwahaha - I didn't catch that, but um, yeah.

Please, please, please take "believe" out of it. "Understand" is the verb.

In this case, "suspicious" is not the word you want to be using. Because "I'm suspicious of what you just said" is synonymous with "I don't believe you."

"I'm suspicious of what you just said" is synonymous with "I don't believe you."

This is my take as well.

I'm skeptical may seem the same, but in my brain, it translates into "I'm not sold, but I'd like to be. Tell me more."

Is that closer to what you meant Shir?

Because "I'm suspicious of what you just said" is synonymous with "I don't believe you."

This. And "dishonest" is saying that the person is being deliberately deceptive. Not at all the same as "speaking from a limited perspective" or "from a perspective that doesn't mesh with mine" or even "a perspective that is contradicted by the facts."

These are some very loaded terms in English, Shir.

FYI, Shir, women can indeed be color-blind, it's just far less common among women than men. My BFF's mother is red-green color-blind.

And it was in The Lost Heir Job.

Shir, I'm grateful that Jess and bonny and brenda have tried to explain the disconnect on using the word "suspicious."

I really can't discuss this any more, because it's frustrating the ever-living shit out of me.

Anyone else reminded of Kelly Kapour saying "I don't talk *trash*, I talk *smack*...Smack talk is just like, right there. Your boyfriend's ugly, and that's a fact. Right now." Just me, then? Do not need to think of snakes big enough to eat goats. DO NOT!

In Hebrew, skeptical = suspicious. I don't know, maybe I need another word there, but nothing comes to mind that says in one word "yes, I'm sure that's how you see things, but I need to hear more about it - and from more people, actually".

In my world, suspicion isn't about someone being dishonest. It's about the opportunity to discover a new way to look at things. And that's kinda hot and cool, IMHO.

FYI, Shir, women can indeed be color-blind, it's just far less common among women than men

Nice to know. Maybe I am color blind after all. Don't know and I'm not in the rush of finding out. All I know is that sometimes I can't see the numbers on these tests, and sometimes I see different numbers.

I really can't discuss this any more, because it's frustrating the ever-living shit out of me.

Oh Steph. I'm really, really sorry for this. I didn't mean to cause you anymore frustration, especially with all of what you've been through lately. That's why I asked in the first place if I should reopen the subject. Sorry.