CS --- LOL. I didn't take offense, and I did assume it was a joke (as is the one above, yes? No?).
Grr, I agree with Snodderly --- you wouldn't have been able to stop or prevent the MLC. You wouldn't have known that it was potentially in your future. And, as CS says, we are attached to what was, but I also think we are attached to what might've been. All the plans you made for the future have changed or gone.
The good news is that you can change too, but not into a crazy person like your MLCer. Quite the opposite.
Take care.
Me:57 H:52 M:28 Got another lawyer last year and filed. D35,S/D twins28,D22 EA4/04 End? Who knows? "Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." — Peace Pilgrim