But I feel like I'm playing her game now! Telling her "You look nice" (just that... nothing more... nothing needy/grabby, just a confident "you look nice"), or encouraging her when she brings up at dinner the other night that she wants to enter fitness competitions. Not only is it all one-sided (and I get ZERO from her), but she is getting what she needs from me (validation, encouragement, respect) AND she's getting god-knows-what-she-gets from OM, if she indeed didn't either end it or "back-burner" him yesterday!

You know, everyone keeps telling me how good I'm doing. The fact is, I'm not. I'm just really good at faking it.