Smiley, you're trying to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. Bad form! giggle
There's a great deal to be said for having someone around to kill big scary spiders AND there's a great deal to be said for gaining the skillz and confidence to kill them yourself, even if that wasn't exactly what you expected your life to be like.
Having some experience with both metaphorical situations, I honestly don't know which is more satisfying.
But then apparently the default assumption (not just you, rob) about my gender identity is "male", so I seem to be a poor voice for my sistahs.
"Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock." -- Frank Herbert