Okay, so I think I need to re-read this issue again to fully understand everything but are we saying that sarcasm is a mask? And as such, that person is really not the person we know deep down inside? Coz, if that's what I'm hearing here, my H must be invisible! He has used sarcasm as long as I have known him. I guess it's not surprising considering the hell we're in now. He's got some deep-seated issues from childhood (imho), hence the mask, hence the sarcasm. But now that you mention it, I haven't seen much of that in the past 2 yrs. Interesting...........