Have you thought about applying emotional aikido to W here? A bit of emotional jujstu. Agree with W that your M was crappy and all that jazz. Then sit back and watch. Your W will be flummoxed and will start to defend the good parts of the M. Genius, eh?
Wonka, as fun as this sounds, have you ever seen where this worked? I am not being snarky. It is a question because to me, if this actually did work, I would have thought it would be part of the DB process.
You ask a good and valid question here.
If you would read all of Heavy's threads, her W has this very negative view of her and the M which she constantly brings it up on every convo. Why not switch it up for once and see W's priceless reaction? Mix it up a bit here.
You'd be surprised at how this emotional jujutsu works! I've used it maybe once or two IRL. It DOES work.