Perhaps in reaction to my RETREAT to a detached, disinterested, purely professional stance.
But the flow of tears by my "N-student-friend", (a 44-yr-old man), as he suddenly confided in me the difficulty of his life, his lonliness and lack of friends, was completely unexpected.
"Next week I hope to be ready to tell you more about why I am this way..."
Possibly authentic? or manipulative, these tears? Are they, too, so easily fabricated?