# "I appreciate you." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395 "2013-01-07T21:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395/41 "2013-01-09T04:27:08Z")
When someone does something for me I often say “Thank you. I appreciate it.” So at first this thread had me worried that I’ve been going through life pissing people off, but I’ve convinced myself it’s different. “I appreciate you” reminds me of a very awkward roommate situation. Linda’s dad who had missed a lot of her childhood through a combination of workaholism and alcoholism had seen the error of his ways and gotten himself some therapy. And apparently needed EVERYONE to know. He stopped the flow of a comfortable, easy-going conversation among a room full of people and insisted that Linda move her chair directly opposite him so he could make relentless eye contact and hold her hand while he said “Linda, I appreciate you. I appreciate your sense of humor. And Linda I appreciate that you love music and are a good singer. I appreciate, Linda, that you make delicious alfredo sauce. And Linda I appreciate that you …” It went on for what seemed like a long time, and it all seemed so forced and insincere, but there was nothing to be done. I haven’t run across “I appreciate you” in my own experience, but if I ever do I will think of Linda. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395/42 "2013-01-09T13:09:01Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Admit it - it didn’t take much convincing. 🙂 > [@Enkel](#): > > Before you do that, since you won’t be able to post afterwards… I bet you two work answering phones on a suicide hotline. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395/43 "2013-01-09T16:26:49Z")
You know, there _are_ too many people on the planet… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395/44 "2013-01-09T16:43:41Z")
Preaching to the choir. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395/45 "2013-01-09T18:38:59Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I bet you two work answering phones on a suicide hotline. 😛 > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You know, there _are_ too many people on the planet… OMG… that was my first thought… suicide hotline run by population control advocates. You would think that they would have come up with that one already. … and when I was working on the suicide hotline, I was going for high score when management caught on to me… so now I work for poison control. Not nearly as fun. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395/46 "2013-01-09T20:41:30Z")
“So, you want to kill yourself, do you? Have you thought of a method? Drugs? Are you sure of the dosage you’re going to need to do a good job? Okay, well, do a bit more research first, maybe. You don’t want to half-ass this. Have a nice day!” ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395/47 "2013-01-10T05:15:44Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “So, you want to kill yourself, do you? Have you thought of a method? Drugs? Are you sure of the dosage you’re going to need to do a good job? Okay, well, do a bit more research first, maybe. You don’t want to half-ass this. Have a nice day!” **Cat Whisperer** , I just wanted to say that I appreciate you! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395/48 "2013-01-10T06:12:04Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > **Cat Whisperer** , I just wanted to say that > I appreciate you! Awwwww… Wait, are you saying that in the Southern way? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-appreciate-you/646395.md?page=2)