Gosh people, you're making me out to be Dr. Phil; I'm not btw. Thank you both for the kind statements.
GH - I, like AttyTom, got fed up with some DB's b/c of the lack of effort they put into practice. Granted, some lack the education, some have substance abuse, but the worst are the ones who keep asking what to do over and over, but will not try... Therefore, I simply spelled out the obvious...
Tom - LBS have an anxiety problem dealing with the issues. Some cannot see their part in it. The LBS's are terrified that if the S leaves - they will no longer live, they will be lost forever. They feel that their whole world evolves around the S - take that away, you have a parallel to death. They feel that they will no longer be able to function.
Which is the worse of the two evils, men or women? That depends. I look at it as such:
1. Men try to hide their emotions 2. Generally, women don't - they can't hide it 3. Society says men aren't men if they blubber 4. Women will fall deeper, all at once, into the hole 5. Men will gradually fall ever so slowly 6. Women, do this to purge themselves of the pain, so they are more dramatic about it; but they also heal alot more quickly b/c of it 7. Men, if they fall into a deep hole, take longer to get out of it - slow resilience to the pain "society" says they should not feel 8. But, both, if they melded their whole being into the other S w/o keeping their own individualism, will find the detaching to be like a lobotomy w/o anesthesia.
I hope that answers some of your questions, if not post back with more specifics.
Thanks again guys, Welcome back GH, from your weekend...