I HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN I WORK WITH FOR MANY YEARS NOW. MY COWORKERS MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT US, BUT WE HAVE NEVER OPENLY TALKED ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. YESTERDAY, A FLOWER DELIVERY WAS SENT TO ME FROM HIM. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO GET THEM, BUT ALSO FELT I NEEDED TO TAKE THEM HOME INSTEAD OF SETTING THEM UP ON MY DESK BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT ANYONE TO ASK WHO SENT THEM, THAT SORT OF THING. I GOT FRUSTRATED OVER OUR CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR RELATIONSHIP UNDER WRAPS INSTEAD OF ENJOYING THE GIFT. MY MODEL ON THE FLOWERS LOOKS LIKE THIS:

UNINTENTIONAL THOUGHT:
C – FLOWERS SENT TO OFFICE
T – I NEED TO TAKE THOSE HOME SO I WON’T GET ASKED ABOUT WHO SENT THEM
F – FRUSTRATED
A – TOOK FLOWERS HOME; POUTED ABOUT TAKING THEM THERE
R – DIDN’T ENJOY FLOWERS AT OFFICE

INTENTIONAL THOUGHT:
C – FLOWERS SENT TO OFFICE
T – HOW NICE OF HIM TO SEND ME FLOWERS
F – HAPPY/LOVED
A – TOOK FLOWERS HOME. UNBOXED THEM, THEY WERE “UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER” FLOWERS. DECORATED THEM WITH BOWS, POMPOMS, ETC. AND HAD A BLAST
R – THOROUGHLY ENJOYED FLOWERS HE SENT ME

I AM STILL FAIRLY NEW TO SCHOLARS AND THE MODEL. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS ONE? I KNOW I WAS PRETTY UPSET OVER THE FLOWERS TO WORK THING BUT THINK I GOT IT RIGHT IN MY HEAD AT THE END. IS THERE ANOTHER SLANT I COULD HAVE PUT ON IT? ANY ADVICE OR ENCOURAGEMENT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.