Ninva
11-29-2008, 04:04 PM
How do others feel about the half-baked cookie theory of manipulation? If I give him all the information I have on a subject and he comes to the conclusion I desire, have I been a manipulative bitch as long as the decision benefits him? I'm always letting him come to my conclusion on his own.
jeanne
11-29-2008, 04:24 PM
If I give him all the information I have on a subject and he comes to the conclusion I desire, have I been a manipulative bitch as long as the decision benefits him? I'm always letting him come to my conclusion on his own.
I highlighted the relevant phrase. If you truly are giving him all the information you have, both for and against the outcome you want, then it isn't manipulative. If you only give him cherry-picked pieces of information, that's a different story.