Emotionally Savvy Gifts

Good cop, sad cop.

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

Worry tank

'Am I looking sad or happy in the appropriate places?'

"I can’t believe you’re doing this! I have abandonment issues! Abandonment issues!!!"

Personal Relationship Counsellor

And when did you first begin to feel threatened and endangered?

"Enough already! You’re depressing me!"

"Gracie, we're rich because we love one another...we have a safe home and we don't go to bed hungry at night."

'Don't act too happy that school's out. You'll hurt our teacher's feelings.'

'Look, I know I'm just the bread, but I feel like you guys aren't being emotionally honest with each other and it's going to cause problems down the road.'

"If your emotional intelligence is so high, why do you always forget our anniversary?"

“You must be this self aware and emotionally secure to go on this ride”

Hug therapy for the lonely at-the-top executives.

"Would it kill you to ask me how I'm doing once and a while?"

'I'm prescribing a ticket for a feel-good movie of the year.'

"Your problem, Trevor, is that you're very thin skinned."

Women rush to man with 'I heart emotions' t-shirt.

Emotional Incontinence - Emotional Illiteracy

"Could we up the dosage? I still have feelings."

'What's that supposed to mean!?!'

"I don't know which upset me more: being diagnosed as bi-polar, or finding out that they're melting!"

"Have you a cabernet that will pair well with dysfunction?"

"I respect and appreciate how hard the spilled milk is for you."

Human empathy

'How many are just staying together for the kids? OK, that's good, very good.'

'Thanks for the coaching, the tears did the trick: My parents bought me a mobile phone!'

"I just get the feeling nobody cares what I have to say."

"I can't tell if I'm being overly sensitive or you're being a cold, controlling, maniacal jerk."

'We're looking for managers that demonstrate high levels of emotional intelligence. Here, please try on this mood ring.'

'Wow, what a hothead!'

"No one can lay on a guilt trip like my mother."