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Originally posted by breathesgelatin
There is a fine line between being positive and encouraging, and spreading false hope. It's always appropriate to say things like "We are thinking of you/Best wishes/Good luck/Do your best/We hope all goes well/Enjoy yourself" but statements like "It will be fine/Don't worry about XXX (ie rush mishap-grade problem-junior status-etc)/Any chapter would be proud to have you" are more problematic.
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SO sorry...I'm guilty of the "any chapter would be thrilled/proud/lucky to have you" remarks.
I think a lot of my making those remarks comes from the wanting to be encouraging (like everyone else here), and not even thinking of how optimistic and over the top these remarks can be. I promise to be a little more careful with what I post from here on out....
