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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 474041" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>It's just as if J has a special talent for knowing how to melt people's hearts (and thereby get what he wants)... I know I sound cynical but I have seen it in operation lots of times. He looks very cute and sweet, almost girlishly pretty features, and he often seems to elicit a fond/affectionate response from people (as long as they don't spend too long with him, perhaps <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />). I feel sure that if he had been alone with me, he would have started crying in a loud, no-holds-bar way... but this afternoon, in front of the "crowds", he was crying in a very soft, distressed way as though really hurt and wounded. And, sure enough, bigger girls came over and hugged him, kissing his head, looking very concerned... I am quite sure that, in Morocco for example, he would have succeeded in getting the umbrella this way... Children are quite spoilt there in some ways.</p><p>It's clearly all unconscious... but he's done this since early infancy. One does have to shut one's heart against it, really, because it is a basically dishonest way to get something... which I'm sure I also indulged in as a child...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 474041, member: 11227"] It's just as if J has a special talent for knowing how to melt people's hearts (and thereby get what he wants)... I know I sound cynical but I have seen it in operation lots of times. He looks very cute and sweet, almost girlishly pretty features, and he often seems to elicit a fond/affectionate response from people (as long as they don't spend too long with him, perhaps :)). I feel sure that if he had been alone with me, he would have started crying in a loud, no-holds-bar way... but this afternoon, in front of the "crowds", he was crying in a very soft, distressed way as though really hurt and wounded. And, sure enough, bigger girls came over and hugged him, kissing his head, looking very concerned... I am quite sure that, in Morocco for example, he would have succeeded in getting the umbrella this way... Children are quite spoilt there in some ways. It's clearly all unconscious... but he's done this since early infancy. One does have to shut one's heart against it, really, because it is a basically dishonest way to get something... which I'm sure I also indulged in as a child... [/QUOTE]
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