SimpleGal - Thanks for the response - very nice of you to do so. I cant help but chuckle at your comment about romance because I know a lot of stories around the same lines , and some of them are pretty hilarious :D. I do think though that quite a bit of it boils down to maturity and people's own sense of self. How you deal with another person is at some level driven by what you think of yourself and how comfortable you are with being yourself, no? :) No, I wouldn't think of psycologists as being beyond the problems that everyday people have. On the contrary, as they say, the cobler's children can have the worst shoes, and it would only be natural for them to have the problems that others do. No different from people who do other things for a living. I remember running into this person once who used to counsel adoloscents with behavioural issues, but themself was a bit of an odd duck in the social skills department :) No biggie there but I brought up the example because I can use it to relate to the points you raised. Aiight, got a load of stuff to do - thanks for your insights and you have a good day! Regards.