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To be upset by the remarks of a psychic?

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 18:58

Obviously I do know that most psychics are charlatans and this one certainly was. Nothing he told me was spontaneous and was all based off my answers to his questions. He said some pretty harsh things though - AIBU to be upset by them even though I know it's absolute rot.

  1. It's too late for me and I won't have natural children. I'm 34.

  2. I go after guys that are out of my league (whatever that is)

  3. can we talk about my weight? Would I go out with a fat person?

  4. I'll probably never marry and should get a cat!

Somebody help me see the funny side here I'm a bit upset even though I shouldn't be.

COST : £35

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 19:26

Lottie spot on - as in nothing about the spiritual realm etc so nothing actively psychic- it was just cold reading from start to finish

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SmarterThanTheAverageBear16 · 05/04/2016 19:27

Ok I said most because I did go to an amazing one about 10 years ago who said all kinds of spot on stuff

They were just a better con-artist than the others. And you were easier to impress because you were younger and it was your first one.

Sorry to be harsh, but you repeatedly pay to be lied to by fraudsters and you want to spend £500 on a kitten....you're the gullible type, to a tee.

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 19:28

I told him I didn't have a partner that's what shocked me most the stuff he asked that he should have been able to tell me if he was any class of psychic

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 19:29

I probably am gullible but maybe less then you think. I might want to have that kitten but I'm not no way going to buy it

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RudeElf · 05/04/2016 19:32

Wow, not only is he a charlatan but he has serious issues with women!!

Pufflehuff · 05/04/2016 19:33

While we all know that 'psychics' simply guide you into 'fessing up the info then they feed it back to you - that, or they mutter vague statements that could apply to anyone like "You lack confidence sometimes... and not other times" - the general goal of the 'psychic' is to make you feel happy enough to a) pay, b) return and c) recommend you.

Calling you ugly, fat and barren is pretty much the opposite of what they're supposed to do. Even if they had a genuine crystal ball and could see this was your future, they're supposed to fib and get you to cough up the cash!

So. What on earth was going on? Were you clearly a skeptic and he thought he could be a tit and insult you? Another possibility is he thinks if he upsets you this much you'll, for some reason, keep coming back to sob into his silky hanky and keep paying £35 for a 'different' future.

Here's my tip. Pick up Derren Brown's "Tricks of the Mind" book - book, not DVD. The book is a great read, full of the exposures and explanations of psychic tricks but also very uplifting. When you see how everyone has the same worries and weaknesses, how everyone wants to believe they are loved and special and a psychic may tell them that, you kind of feel less alone. I find it a great pick-me-up at low times.

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 19:39

Thank you pufflehuff - that's exactly it I felt - not one thing he said was a positive and it seemed a very odd thing to do. I think perhaps he knew from the off I was sceptical because I pointed out I knew Tarot. They can't bullshit you with what the cards mean if you know what they represent

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curren · 05/04/2016 19:42

So this man earns £35 per hour and just sits and insults people?

I want that job.Shock

Only joking. But that's essentially what happened. You gave him money and he just put you down and made you feel shit.

You poor thing. He was a twat.

Sagethyme · 05/04/2016 19:44

Well OP i predict the following (i have great uncle Ned on the line!)

  1. you will meet a lovely man, who will love your curves.
  2. you will be blessed with lots of urchins (and then run away screaming wishing you had gone for cats after all!)
  3. by the time you get to 46 you will be looking for a family home, with garden and woodburner to boot
  4. when you move into the aforementioned home and chopping all that wood will lesson the curves...but don't loose them to much or you may loose your man.
  5. you will have a bit of a bumpy road at times, but you have the inner stregth to deal with it.

Seriously OP its a load of pie (well not my prediction obvs!) dont think anymore of it, no onecan predict the future and that is not what any spiritualist should attempt. Tarrot and runes is all a load of big frilly nickers!

Platelet · 05/04/2016 19:46

He's not from a seaside town beginning with P is he?

TheoriginalLEM · 05/04/2016 19:46

WHY did you pay him?

specialsubject · 05/04/2016 19:48

I thought it was only in Monty Python sketches that you could pay to have an argument or be insulted?

I predict that if you go to a psychic, it will all be fake. No charge. Grin

seriously? Learn a lesson, file under 'what an arse' and move on.

Fontella · 05/04/2016 19:49

So how did this 'psychic' see into the future?

What props did he use? Was it Tarot cards, Runes, a crystal ball, palm reading .. or did he just sit and talk?

If there were people who could genuinely see into the future they would be employed in highly paid, high power positions in every major business and corporation in the world. Every stockbroker would have his own personal future seer. Every company director, every world leader, every sports club, every gambler - everyone who needed to know the outcome of something in advance would employ these self-professed 'psychics' in much the same way kings of old would have their personal astrologers and soothsayers.

But they aren't and they don't - because it's bollocks. Instead all these 'gifted' individuals are reduced to charging £35 quid a pop (and more) to sit in back rooms spouting bullshit to gullible people and occasionally using props to make it seem a bit more authentic.

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 19:49

WHY did I pay him? - the Great British polite thing I guess!

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pigsDOfly · 05/04/2016 19:53

So many better things you could have spent £35 on. Why would you give it away to some complete stranger who earns his living by conning people out of their hard earned cash.

Of course everything he said was based on what you told him. He 's a conman, and a cheat and clearly not even a pleasant one.

There is no such thing as a genuine psychic, they are all playing people. Next time find something more worthwhile to do with your money.

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 19:54

Thanks SageThyme for your predictions Grin

Fontella - tarot and rune but was making it up big time on the runes and didn't even explain the tarot he told me nothing that wasn't a personal opinion based on a question I'd answered. It was an absolute load of old shit.

SO WHY AM I SO UPSET BY IT?

(Less so after these answers)

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KingJoffreyLikesJaffaCakes · 05/04/2016 19:55

I read tarot cards. No fraud, I just tell people what the cards mean and I don't charge.

'Get a cat.' has never come up.

DawnOfTheDoggers · 05/04/2016 19:56

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 19:57

Platelet no Northern suburbia I'm afraid - why have you been there too?! Grin

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 19:59

Joffrey - same on the Tarot front and I think the problem may have started there. Knowing he couldn't bullshit me he assessed me and went for "what is this girls worst fear?" Instead to seem legit

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EverySongbirdSays · 05/04/2016 20:00

Dawn - I like it!!!

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FirstWeTakeManhattan · 05/04/2016 20:01

I was kind of hoping for the I see a tall dark stranger comedy bus tbh - was in it for the LOLZ

I'm still not sure why you went, OP.

I think very, very few people at various points in time, have a sensitive 'gift' or whatever for sensing things that pass most of us by, but that's very different to 'seeing into the future.'

If he could see into the future, he would hardly be spouting nasty crap at people £35, would he? He'd be a bloody billionaire.

There isn't really a funny side. You threw money away, he's a dick and he made you feel bad. The best you can hope for is that you're learned a lesson and don't waste your money again!

Witchend · 05/04/2016 20:01

I'll do another for you for free.

  1. You are a lovely person who worries too much about what other people think.
  2. The best person for you is someone who values you as you are. Don't think you aren't worth that. You are.
  3. There is still a very good chance you can have natural children. Won't promise you, but I've known a few get married at 40 and have natural children afterwards.
  4. If you want a cat, then get one. Make sure it is used to other people so it doesn't get jealous when you get married.

Dm was once told by one she'd never need to go to hospital. It made her chuckle a couple of weeks later,as she arrived at the hospital for her scheduled operation. That's how accurate they are.

CalleighDoodle · 05/04/2016 20:02

dawn brilliant

lorelei9here · 05/04/2016 20:02

OP may I be honest?
You're upset because you're worried he's right

I'd be worried that he's just charging to tell people things he thinks they will hate

Btw I went to a psychic once, she was so spookily correct, I went to two others (.she was in the US and I never went back to that area)

She was good, others were not so good but none of them asked questions. I find that bizarre. Why would they need to ask questions?