To DB or not to DB, is it really a question?

[Shakspr]

I ask sincerely, what's belittling about noting that I can't take her doing to me for a short period what I did for years? If anything, it acknowledges the past mistake.

Sarcasm, eye-rolling and name-calling are currently her devices. I am an @$$. I know because I've been told so, recently, frequently. And not just when I've slipped DB'g.

All that said, I can reduce the humor content. All part of experimenting, trying to find what works. Shouldn't be too hard. I don't feel much like laughing anyway.

From Watchmen (via Rorschach):

I heard a joke once: Man goes to doctor.
Says he's depressed.
Says life is harsh and cruel.
Says he feels all alone in a threatening world.
Doctor says, "Treatment is simple.
The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight.
Go see him.
That should pick you up."
Man bursts into tears.
Says, "But doctor... I am Pagliacci."
Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.

As for me self-declaring my title as Worst Detaching Male in a Dramatic Series, well, I can't seem to let go, no matter how hard I try. I know that I must. I fear that because of the way I am wired, if I do it, she will be dead to me completely and I will never want to see her or hear her voice again. Which will darken my spirit. And foul up everything.

I do not want my choices to be driven by fear. But sometimes, they are.

I am but a man.