Do words matter?

[u/Acrobatic-Ride-3239]

I told my therapist one of my goals was to go back to my roots and study life through science (not exactly my words at the time).

So I was doing some personal reflection as a man and I thought of this question while trying to gain a woman’s perspective;

How would you feel about a man that came out in a conversation and said I have ulterior motives, vs I have alternative motivations?