Sort of new here, (sort of!), but I read a lot!

Just found this thread and wanted to bring it to the forefront again, hoping maybe someone really good with words (Puppy, you out there?) could pop in here and give us some sort of script to use when the WAS starts a R talk? I get that a lot, WAH will make a comment or ask a question, and when I follow his lead and "go with it", it always ends with him getting frustrated and saying, "I just don't want to TALK about this anymore! EVERY time I see you, it's like this!" It'll be going along okay, I don't get an indication that he's getting frustrated, but then, BAM, he's irritated and borderline pissed.

SO, I'm looking for suggestions as to what to say when H starts up. Should I nip it in the bud completely, refuse to talk at all? Or answer his question or comment, then change the subject? I can't let things continue the way they have been, by letting the conversation "run its course". Ends badly every time.

Thanks in advance.