Hi honeypot,
I guess I can be both direct and indirect. It depends on the situation. I think one of my problems is that when I'm angry or upset with someone, I tend to be more indirect. Which just intensifies the situation. I believe also that I'm more of a follower. A "go with the flow" type. But sometimes I do like to lead. As far as dealing with the guilt my M tries to dump on me, My W pretty much nailed it. I ignore her attemps for the most part but would never tell her how she was making me feel because as my W so elequently put it, she would definetely go to the extreme opposite.