Two years......and you still wait for a conversation! It is amazing how you claim it is a DB "no-no", but you ignore the part about "do what works". You know of no action to take other than a R talk? Look, if you have lived in this hell for two years and you STILL believe things can't start to change without having a discussion about the MR........then have it. Get it over with, and move forward!
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!