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Sam Winchester (tallerthanthou) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-09-16 17:49:00

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[Day 237] Relationship Issues Group Therapy mingle
[The relationships group therapy attendees will all get a message telling them to report to The Winery in Sector 2. Sadly for them the alcohol is locked away, but there is an assortment of food and non-alcoholic beverages along the bar for consumption. Many of the tables have been cleared out and the chairs rearranged into a circle with booths along the edges for more intimate therapeutic discussions.

And don't forget the party favors! The wardens have left some helpful games and activity ideas to get them started. There's a bowl full of folded slips of papers with various questions.]

How many people have you slept with? Do you regret any of them? Why?

How many relationships have you been in? Why do you think that is?

What was your longest relationship? Most serious? Shortest? Most casual?

Why did your last relationship end?

What do you look for in another person?

Are you happy?

Who is your ideal mate?

What was the biggest problem/complication in your previous or current relationship?

What do you need out of a relationship? Sexual experience?

How long have you been single between relationships? Why do you think it was so long/short?

What is the best way to break up with someone?

Do you believe in soul mates? Do you think you have or will meet yours?

Would you rather spend your life with one important person or several acquaintances? Why?

Are there any similarities between the people you've been with? If so, what are they?

Do you have trouble making choices? Give examples.

Do you think with your heart, your head, or your genitalia? Are you satisfied with this behavior?

Do you have trouble relating to people? If so, in what way?

[In addition to the questions there are cards with various prompts. One explains the game, I Never. Another suggests people pair off and roleplay they are in a relationship and then deal with various scenarios like what do to if one partner flirts with someone else or comes home late without calling.]

Who should do the dishes?

When is it appropriate to discuss getting blue bands/having sex?

When should you move in together if ever?

What do you do if you suspect the other is keeping secrets?

What do you say if your partner comes home with a haircut you don't like?

How do you respond if you find your partner crying?

How do you decide how to spend your time together?

Your partner's family doesn't like you. What do you do?

One of you is critically hurt. How does the other respond?

Your friends don't like the person you're with. What do you say to them? What do you say to your partner?

One of you wants sexual relations and the other does not. How do you balance your needs?

How do you communicate your desire for a particular sexual desire to your partner?

It is your partner's birthday. How do you prepare?

At a party your partner leaves you to socialize with others. How does this make you feel and how do you respond?

How do you show your affection?

(OOC: Mingle style. You are not limited to the questions, scenarios, or games listed above. Assume there are more! I recycled a lot of this from last time so if someone was in this group twice they can feel free to notice, but assume there are lots of questions and prompts, so they probably didn't see them all.)

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	pushedback 2013-09-19 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	I've only had one and he can't even touch me. [ So there is that. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-20 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	[Rogue is just going to stare at her with her mouth open. ] You're kiddin'. [ This isn't disbelief for the reason Chuck probably thinks it's disbelief. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2013-09-21 05:46 am UTC (link)
	No joke. [ Little smile. ] It's kind of complicated. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-21 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	I can't touch anybody either. I suck their life force and any powers they got out of 'em. It'll kill 'em. What's your touch do? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2013-09-24 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	It's not so much my touch as his... he can bring things back from the dead. One touch gives life, the second touch takes it away for good. I, uh... I died and he brought me back and now we can't ever touch. Yours sound a lot worse though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-24 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. [ Well now she feels kind of exposed having just put her mutation out there. She sort of assumed Chuck's power was the same. She tugs on her gloves, pulling them up a bit more. ] I do okay with it. [ She doesn't really, but she's trying. ] Sorta blows that he can't touch you though. I'm awfully sorry. Is he here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2013-09-25 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	No. [ Shakes her head, a little sadly. ] I don't think he'd like it here, he doesn't do well in prison. [ Not that this is prison in the same sense as back home, but... truth be told, it's kind of nice to not have Ned's neurotic behavior to deal with all the time. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-26 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	I know somebody back home like that. He's been here a coupla times, but it never sticks. I think it's 'cause he doesn't do well here. [ It's odd how a place like this can give you a certain sense of freedom. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2013-09-26 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah? Is, uh... is he a pretty, skinny piemaker too? [ Long shot. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-26 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	[ Rogue gives her a funny look and shakes her head. Thinking about that makes her grin. ] Nah, he's a gruff, grouchy lookin' cage fighter. [ who moonlights as a superhero.] Well, he was cage fightin' when I met him. He ain't doin' that now that I know of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2013-09-27 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, so it's more the being trapped in a cage thing and less the, uh... don't bend over in the shower thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-27 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	[ She's not entirely sure she understands where Chuck is coming from and that's obvious by the look on her face, but she nods. ] Yeah. Definitely the trapped in a cage thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2013-09-28 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	[ Probably for the best. ] I wonder which is worse... being a tough guy who doesn't do well with being locked up, or a not so tough guy locked up with... well. Tough guys. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-28 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	Guess it depends on the tough guys. You know, if they're the sorta tough guys who pick on the little guys or not. Logan ain't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2013-09-28 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	That's good to hear. I don't understand why it has to be so hard to get along, especially in a place like this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ikindalikeit 2013-09-30 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	I think people manage better here than they do back home. I guess we're a smaller community and we're all sorta in the same situation, you know? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2013-10-02 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	[ Nodding. ] I can understand that. It's... neighborly. Kind of like Couers d'Couers actually. Or a beehive. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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