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Friend made me visit fortune tellers and now I feel worse

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Lilllypad11 · 04/01/2024 23:32

My friend is really into this stuff. Apparently the lady she visits knew her uncles name and she isn’t on social media so there’s no way she could find it. Above that she’s apparently predicted events that took place without her telling her a word. She knew she had a divorce and she never said a word. Knew her break up would happen before it did etc etc

so she insisted I go. Anyway. I got in and she reeled off “you and your partner split. He’s a cheat and a liar and it’s time you look forward and never go back. Don’t bother reaching out either.”

so I sort of just, looked at her blankly and then at my friend who dragged me here. I did just listen to the rest of the spiel that she gave. That apparently my mum loves rings. And that I should have gone to France last summer. And that I’m apparently changing career (from the one I have no desire to change right now)

By the end my head was spinning. And I was a little frustrated with my friend. Mainly because, yes okay I’ve started dating again (aside from the crap offers I’ve had) and after a few months of the split I’m trying to get out there and move on. But when someone’s already slightly vulnerable. Hearing these things can be damaging and frustrating.

I ended up crying to my friend over brunch in the end and she consoled me and was hugely apologetic for taking me. But I just honestly don’t know what to think when my head clearly isn’t in the right place. Or even what to believe. I always thought of it as codswallop.

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Underestimated4 · 05/01/2024 15:18

People who are happily in relationships and married generally don’t go for their fortunes. They go to hear good news. No wedding ring indicates single. It’s easy to guess.

Butteredtoast55 · 05/01/2024 17:35

@littlebopeepp234 definitely not. This was in the 90s and social media was yet to take off...and I've never been on things like Facebook.

putawaythexmashat · 05/01/2024 18:09

I honestly believe it's a load of bollocks. I went to see someone years ago who was regarded as very good. I went with a friend and we came away with a cassette tape recording feeling amazed by how specific and spot-on she was.

Shortly after, two other friends went and also raved about her. They had their own tape recording and when we compared them, she'd said the same stuff but we made it fit for all of us. I'm sure if we hadn't had the comparison I'd be talking about how great she was even now.

I've been told I'm psychic having identified some VERY specific details in the past from photos. I'm not psychic, I'm just very good at reading body language. People have literally gasped at some of the stuff I've come out with but I could tell them exactly what I saw and why I deduced what I did. Nothing spiritual involved at all, although some people have refused to believe it and said I'm kidding myself about my psychic powers (I'm really not)🙄

You say you couldn't see her but that doesn't mean she couldn't see you to read your reactions. Were you chatting outside waiting to go in? Maybe she had a camera set up and was watching you from behind the curtain!

PP are right regarding your language though. The decision to go was yours. I predict you won't go again though so like me, you've learned in just one lesson. Which is pretty cheap on balance😁

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BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 05/01/2024 18:13

therealcookiemonster · 05/01/2024 13:09

I predict that you will feel much better if you eat a pack of good chocolate chip cookies and never spare this bullshit artist another thought! that'll be £500 please

😆

You can rest assured OP that this whole thing is a load of steaming bunkum.

Louise303 · 06/01/2024 00:22

Spomsored · 05/01/2024 01:55

You don't have to actually say yes or no though. Your face and physical responses give a lot away

It was very weird I had a unique childhood but anyone that meets me would never know this. This man was spot on with this told me how many children I had and my husbands name. He was a medium that claimed to see the dead I never went back again it was just by chance I came across it. If it was fake it is cruel to anyone that goes to these things hoping to hear about deceased loved ones.

givemestrength9 · 06/01/2024 00:42

@Butteredtoast55
Do u have her number

givemestrength9 · 06/01/2024 00:43

Saw a few clairvoyants and a few have been false and could tell blatantly like most ppl have said ! However one or two was bang on with names dates even how my friend died and the manner he died in
Each to their own i suppose

Butteredtoast55 · 06/01/2024 01:01

@givemestrength9 it was decades ago - I doubt she's still alive!

NaughtybutNice77 · 06/01/2024 01:35

At the risk of sounding rude you've just told us you felt pressured to go to a fortune teller and you didn't like what she said. It also sounds like you're blaming your friend. If she told you that you have endured some trials and tribulations but she sees you rising from the ashes and getting your just reward would you feel the same?

What advice are you looking for? I can tell you fortune tellers talk nonsense and might even be playing you for repeat business.
The 2nd piece of advice is be more assertive. I think you're annoyed at yourself really for allowing this to happen.
Take heed. If this has cost you £30 and a few days if unease thats not much really. Im sure youvecendured worse. learn from it. Go gentle with the dating and leave any major decisions for later. Work on your self esteem andcdiscivering who you arecand what you want.....then go conquer the world.

Lilllypad11 · 07/01/2024 11:54

Jacfrost · 05/01/2024 08:17

I saw a psychic once. She told me that I was redecorating the house and what colour, which was correct. I didn't have any paint on me or anything...I still don't understand it as it was oddly specific 😂

Where was this. Does she still work😂

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