SS, that's funny that you'd mention the Words thing. I play with my neighbor across the street and my two step-daughters. Well my step-daughters play brutal, so I really ramp it up when I play with them. But my neighbor across the street plays more casual. I beat her really badly the first couple games because I was in kill mode from SD's, and she said something about it. So I started playing down. Not in a bad way, not like "dumbing down," but just in a more relaxed way. In one sense, I enjoy playing more with her than I do my SD's because it isn't so stressful.
I get H not getting the puzzle thing. I don't get baseball. Or most sports really. He doesn't have to do puzzles with me. I rarely do them anymore anyway, don't have time. It's the need to steal my thunder in everything that I don't get. Which BTW, he doesn't only do it with me. He torqued off my BFF because he told everyone that she got a new car. He torqued off his brother because he sent out a group email to the entire extended family announcing that he was having heart surgery. I've talked to him about it, but he just does it again. It's just how he's wired. So knowing that he's not going to change in that, do I just graciously give up my thunder knowing he's going to steal it anyway? Do I just stop doing things around him in order to prevent it? Still trying to figure out the appealing option with this.
