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Too nice? No, you've got me all wrong. It seemed like a good opportunity, and the kind of thing I'd enjoy getting my teeth into. It still is - things are still in the trial and error stage, and I recognise now that monthly town hall meetings are too frequent for this population size and demographic. It also distracts me from potentially more important work with a narrower focus. I am still contactable if anyone has issues to raise, I just don't want to waste my energy where it's not needed.
All I hear from that is that it's inevitably painful to form close connections here.
I appreciate honesty, and I can usually tell when I am being lied to. It would have just led to distrust. You clearly don't want
I'll keep that in mind, but all I want is Eliza my wife back.