Add my conga-rats (picture a line of rodents in tall, fruitbowl hats-- BUM-pa BUM-pa BUMP-- OH!) to the others. Way to stand your ground!
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Quote: Even after I wrote down what I really said, she would misquote and mischaracterize it, and I would have to go back to the paper, point at it, and read it. Whether this is an intentional thing on her part, or some emotional/mental short circuit
I'll bet that it is not intentional. I'm surmising that her past issues with men, combined with her present career where she makes a living being adversarial and uncovering-- or imagining-- hidden malice in other people's statements has made this a habitual way of thinking with her.
Her stance seems to be "this man--any man-- is out to get me until proven otherwise, but if he tries to prove otherwise, he'll be lying, so the original statement applies in all cases."
Does she mis-hear and mis-understand statements made by women also?
