And the mindreading is how you end up in those situations, always trying to outsmart each other. did the conversation get any further in a real way by you staying in it?

Let it go, T.

What does standing up for yourself mean to you?

Me 57/H 58
M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do.
I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.
Caroline Myss