After Exposure - Keep It Going

[TimeHeals]

I'm a more "in the moment say what is right" kind of guy myself. One thing that bothers me, QS, is that with as much time as you have had to understand all of this, you keep getting suprised and fail to protect yourself in the moment.

I wonder why? It should have been obvious that you are not going to let your estranged wife or mother-in-law control you. There were any number of possible responses that you could have said to drive that point home.

I think you regard the situation as hostile toward you at the moment, so I wonder why you keep acting suprised?