Chapter 2, She moved out - I win! I think

[EDF]

My WW says some things that are really challenging to validate too; here are some of the responses I've used (mostly cribbed from various sources):

"I hear you."
"That must be so frustrating."
"I hear what you're saying. It's tough for me to hear, and I'm not sure how to respond, but I do hear you."
"That is an interesting perspective."
"I can see that you are really upset."

As I recall the DR book had a little example about a person who actually used showing a little anger as a 180... kinda giving the wife a 2x4/truth dart. I've been very tempted to do that with some of the things my WW has said, but it seems so anathema to DBing that I haven't risked it.