Newby here, desperate for some advice (thread 4)

[JRuss]

Thanks, Sandi. I feel like I'm always the one taking blows and falling backward. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to at least look like I'm not falling apart, because I think my feelings are way too transparent. I have no acting background, so I'm sort of lost as to how this happens, but I figure this is a necessary first step before I can command the sort of respect you're talking about.