Bond, Wonka - sorry for not replying to your questions and points (it drives me nuts when the same is done to me...)
Wonka - your father sounds like he was a good man, who loved you. I am sorry for your loss.
(Willy Wonka, the Gene Wilder version, is a hero in this household, by the way, and I always thought you were a man... sorry).
Bond - I had a lawsuit on my neck, for all I was worth, though I was innocent, a few years ago. That broke a cog upstairs, so to speak, and I had panic attacks and depression, for which I got meds. They helped, though with headaches, so I gave them up after things then worked out. CBT has been very helpful, though I haven't seen an IC for a year or so now.
I simply feel that my W has won in regards to my d16, out-charming me, being more interesting than I, being more open than I, etc.
W also doesn't ask, or only seldom so, about my day or what I've done. For instance, I was at a meetup about possible futures a while ago, very interesting, which could have been interesting to talk about. W asked nothing.
I sent W the (excellent) editorial from the latest Jacobin magazine, which discusses a question my W and I have wondered about for years. No response.
Luke
M58, xW54 S22, D18 M 1984, D 2016 Living a new life.