Ok. So given this, what does it mean to 'not play his games' anymore? How do I not play? I already let him call all the shots, trying not to play. To not let him call the shots is to up the ante, which is, by default, playing the game.


"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne