Well, the withdrawing wasn't really my intention, but doing it helped me not be mopey, KWIM? That's helping me to be stronger. I don't want to stay withdrawn, but it beats the daylights out of mopey. It also has the side benefit of not encouraging her to rescue me due to petulence, nor my getting down because of her "doing me" to prop me up rather than for her own reasons.
Oh, and Lou, different feelings show up in different places, at least for me.
Oh, I had to laugh a bit about the "all about you" thing. When my nephew was young his school had a show and tell thing that they called "all about day" where the kid would get up and basically brag about himself. Anyway, now that the kids are older, and firmly ensconced in the center of the universe chair, the joke is "Hey S17, it's not all about S17 day today". In fact, I think I'll declare today "all about GGB day"
