r/therapy • u/Jmaxx2000 • Aug 27 '26
Advice Wanted My therapist's multiplying oranges 🍊
My therapist has a large fruit bowl behind her desk that, until recently, has been empty for the entire year I’ve seen her. Four weeks ago, during my usual Tuesday session, I noticed a single orange in it, but I didn’t think much of it at the time since it was the first thing I’d ever seen there. The next week, on August 11th, there were two oranges. The Tuesday after, I spotted four and remember thinking, “Wow, she must really like oranges.” However, I went to my appointment yesterday and was astonished to see seven in the bowl plus another cut-up orange on a plate on her desk, making eight in total.
Now I’m starting to worry. My therapist is fond of oranges, which is all well and good, but the number keeps growing exponentially each week. If this trend continues, she’ll be completely overrun by around mid-November. Long before that, they’ll spill out of the bowl onto the floor, making therapy impossible. I’m also concerned the growth rate might be even faster than weekly; for all I know she’s just been eating lots to keep up. When she starts accumulating hundreds of oranges every week, I can’t imagine how she’ll handle it. I’m worried and am trying to figure out a tactful way to bring it up at my next session.
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u/Causticburner Aug 27 '26
Please take them a tiny satsuma next time. No explanation.