I think BF would advise you to just say "Hush woman and go back to sleep.".
Good point MJ, and I think you are right on track. I need to remember the “Dog Whisper’s” favorite gentle and calming expression “shhh”

Maybe what I wanted to convey in my previous post, was that some/many of my interactions with BB seem to result in her coming from a point she is some how getting the short end of a deal, so she semi-automatically goes into some mind set, that I am taking something away from her, she will not get her fair share, or she has to protect herself.

I would like for BB to get past of some of that ?one-down type? mind-set, but I know I can't force her to see that I try to be fair/considerate in my interactions with her most of the time. I know I can mostly work on myself.

Lou