Darn good response Coach. I wish I would have said that.
So we will be decorating a tree tonight. But I'll say that during the course of the night. I don't want her in the house, not like this, not on these terms, etc.
Yes, I feel I'm better when I focus on what I want, and that I have a choice about whether I want to choose to be with her when she's acting like a petulant 17 y/o.
People on this board are some of the brightest people I know. And I hang around supposedly smart people for a living.