At this point, I'm not even sure if I should still validate or be cool with W.
Hey, then don't. Sometimes things get so bad that it's better for you to just cut all contact- lock the doors, close the blinds, shut the chimney damper, take the phone off the hook (remember those days? LOL!) and put out a sign that says "don't knock, I'm not home." Do what you need to do for -you-.