Sound words Surfer and I have been DBing to perfection with just a few ball drops for about a month. I certainly was a positive influence to her self esteem but she has made negative remarks in the past regarding self-esteem? I have been accused of not listening to her and I'm sure I'm guilty of that. But, with so little contact physically or verbally it's really hard to "show" my more developed listening skills. Or anything else for that matter. My concern with going dark was if I was p!$$ing her off? My first days of darkness she made negative comments about it.