Back Again

[Joe2017]

I had to go through the same stuff. I validated and I just pretended she was a neighbor that was inexplicably dumping her awful day on me in the checout line at the grocery store. You know? Like when you're trying to be polite but also stuck, and you've just got to make it until it's your turn to check out, but you also want to be polite.

The personal attacks are just the typical venomous self-justification things they say. You can always just say "That sounds pretty bad. It must have been hard for you to deal with that." -shrug- And leave the room. I mean, it's quick and easy and it takes no emotions.