It's terrible you're having a bad day. I hate when I have those.
Anyway, one thing I wanted to say was in regards to this..."Anyone been in this position and what did you do about it? What helped to make the conversations more natural?"
For me what helped was to just listen. Eventually they will talk about something. Don't judge, don't criticize, don't even offer solutions. Just listen and try to keep the conversation going. It's actually not a natural conversation but more like you're just the listener and add in the odd question to keep the conversation going. I did that countless times the last time my W left me. I'm gonna have to do it again. Haha.
Me-35 Com law-28 S-3 T-6 yrs w/14 mnth bu 1st bu- 2/2012 Rec-4/2013 2nd bu-10/2013 IC-2 yrs(anger issues) MC- 5 mnths-fail OM~1/1/14 OM dumped 6/4/14 New OM ~10/4/14