Yes what you say makes scense just sux you sit there and wonder what they are thinking. The other paints you in a bad light and you may not deserve that.
Of course you don't deserve that.
But seriously, leave them to it. My H is so hysterical with it all at the moment (he's in the throws of his EAPA) that anyone he talks to about stuff won't really believe what he says because it's gonna lack any kind of middle ground or perspective.