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Old 04-15-2024, 03:05 PM   #550
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by GrantDawg View Post
Speaking of doubt....at what point do you start to get worried.

This is me, and him (which is half my genetics) -- so the worry began officially the instant he walked out of the final test session.

It was manageable with "gonna be what it's gonna be" for the weeks that followed but slowly escalated. And he had the France trip to distract him. But ghe last 24-36 hours before the results were due (they actually released an hour or so earlier than expected, so 11a'ish instead of Noon today) were some of the most stressful either of us have been through.

There's probably a balance to be found somewhere in the situation you describes. "Worry" or at least "concern" is a positive probably, to the extent that it provides some motivation to act toward a solution. What probably turns negative is when you get in the neighborhood of "panic", which tends to be counterproductive. Good luck to him.
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