Backsliding happens. It is being aware that it is happening that is key.
Class. Honor. Dignity.
Notice that pride is not on that list? Pride in it's best sense can be great. However, pride in it's basest form can be very destructive. It can be almost an evil force. Pride made me want to do things I really didn't want to. It compelled me to say things... to do things... to act in irrational manners.
When I look at my weight loss, I can feel something but pride isn't really one of them Joy is a better word. I am happy I feel better. I am happy that I look better. I am happy for the health benefits. Yes, I was happy when my W gave the "up and down" and the look on her face was priceless. Not sure that fell under joy or not. Hmmmmmm... Maybe just a little.
Getting back to the thread here...
Without mind reading here, could it be she dropped the TRO so it could expedite the D negotiations without having to use the lawyer or paralegal?
You didn't fail the test, brother. There is no correct answers to the WAS tests. No matter how we answer it will be wrong.
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out” ― Art Linkletter