My feeling is that we will have more talks like this and I could have another one today lol...but you are right....slowly does it...timing is everything
This is a Greed/Need thing.
You do not really need it, and you'll scare him away from future conversations if you push. ALSO you'll be 'expecting' the next one to go as well as this last one did...
Have you noticed what happens when you 'expect' things when dealing with an MLCer?
I do not always swing 2x4's. : ) I'd like to think my 2x4's are designed to either get a persons dander up...to get mad at themselves and burn that for a bit longer to stand and evalute...or to get them thinking.
The day I use a 2x4 for a sick need to feel better about myself by putting someone down? That is the day I will delete this account.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK