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105. Patreon Selects: The Elephant in the Therapy Room

Very Bad Therapy

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I Don't Owe You Anything

In the classic hypothetical, a couple are invited to dinner and at the end you hand them a hundred dollars. The fact of giving the money is saying something beyond the amount. So what is the fact of its saying e transaction is a word for it? But more literally, it means, i don't owe you anything. We aren't in a long term relationship, right? We're done. This is over. I have completed my side of the bargain by handing you the hundred dollars. And now i'm wondering too, like, this is my ben and ive keep saying shouldn't we make these results? Shouldn't we all have to do this?"

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