Edie, I think the first thing is to understand why you're having the reaction that you are. You seem to be making a judgment about his comment. How can you be sure of your interpretation?
Take a step back and try to understand why your were annoyed by his comment, and what kept you from validating and empathizing with him?
I think you've got the empathy, listening skills down. It's your reactivity and judgments to that specific comment that is the issue. This comment unbalances you for some reason. Try to figure-out what's going on with you here.
You're not conveying in your post that you have insight into your reaction.
CL
CL 53 W 54 M 20 yrs. 03'-09' Separation + Old Patterns + GAL 10-14' Piecing
"The Master allows things to happen. She shapes events as they come."
