A familiar story with questions. V

[RR17]

So another opportunity for interpretation.
We are supposed to listen to what our Ws are really saying, Right?

I'm riding in the car with a friend and my 15D today. (note to self, get better friends)
And said friend after warming up decides he is going to have some fun at my expense. He asks D15 if her father has ever embarrassed her in public.

Now understand that this friend is in his early 60s, never been married, no kids, and in my 25 years of familiarity has never had what I consider a healthy relationship (drinker party girls and maybe some wives), and tends to have a pessimistic sardonic wit. He is funny.

So back to the questioning. D15 recalls an incident where I blew up at a restaurant over some poorly cooked wings. Now granted, this was over 6 years ago and as I remember at the apex of my toxic M. I have since realized that I didn't even realize the place that I had reached. Things reached a toxic atmosphere and I and probably W didn't even realize how bad. Like the frog in the pot of heating water. I caused a bit of a scene. Like most H I realized these transgressions shortly after Discovery in 2013 and with IC and MC addressed what had transpired. No police were called. The restaurant deserved the feedback, but I went too far.

So this friend goes on about how D15 felt, going on and on, and did she ever see herself with anyone that acted that way. Questioning in a leading way that seemed more hurtful than playful. Anyway, at first, I ignored it expecting it to go away. After having enough I handed it back by asking rhetorical questions about how pathetic a person must be to have to destroy another's character just to feel good about one's self. It stopped and we took D15 home. Fun times.

So after work W comes home and out of the norm, is preparing the dinner that she had planned for Sunday and bailed on. I asked if I could tell her something and while preparing the meal I told the story. Since D15 was involved I thought she should know. W is familiar with this friend and would understand the dynamic. And she did.

So the point: I noted that when this whole restaurant incident transpired, I said I was probably a ticking time bomb and hadn't even realized the point that I had reached.

W agreed in a sympathetic kind of way. Not in an "I know that's right, I lived it." kind of way. This show of sympathy is new and unusual.

So if I am to hear what W is really saying, what am I to take from this?

Thanks in advance and God bless.