Although I would be guilty of writing something that Antlers did...I would have to agree that less emotion is better. Makes you seem so much stronger and indifferent to her crap.
I've been doing what I 'felt' I should be doing instead of observing reality. It might have shocked her, and I don't think she expected it out of me. Maybe it shook something up...I don't know. But it didn't hurt.
Do you think it's 'not' strong to accept reality, choke it down, and move on?
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.