I'm nervous about tonight! I'm going to spy from afar and if he looks like a weido - run!
No running off allowed, unless he's holding an ax in one hand and a knife sharpener in the other!
I don't want to raise any red flags here, but just an observation about your mom. Is the personality shift toward agression an extreme for her? Does she have any other things going on that might cause some degree of worry? i.e. - forgetfullness, insomnia, weight gain or loss? Agression is a key manifestation of the onset of dimentia and alzheimer's. Not that I'm saying in any way that she has either of those, of course.
If you dad needs to 'spill', then listening to him without interjecting comment is a kindness. If it gets to be too much, maybe you could beg off the convo with an urgent bathroom break. Usually that will stop the conversation long enough to keep it from restarting but he will have downloaded a little.
Your friend is trying to relate to your sitch through her own experience. She doesn't understand the concepts of DB so in her mind it becomes a very flippant thing to just throw out "been there, done that." She's masking...classically....she's definitely jealous and not just of the date. I'd say she's jealous of the way you are handling yourself through your sitch. Maybe, as kat said, try to distance slightly from her and see if that leads her to realize that what she has been saying is painful.
I'm excited to hear all about the date!!!! Have a wonderful time!
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
