> However, prepending a sentence with "I think/I feel like..." indicates that you are not one of those frustrating people who refuses to consider other people's

> However, prepending a sentence with "I think/I feel like..." indicates that you are not one of those frustrating people who refuses to consider other people's emotions and opinions. The only way to show that you are not one of those persons is by what you actually say and by displaying in your ideas an understanding of other people's emotions and options (or making explicit that you do not understand them but would like to). Prepending "I think/I feel like..." is meaningless boilerplate that can be easily interpreted as condescending or hypocritical if your concern for other people's feelings and opinions is not actually reflected in what follows.