So, here's my question, Angie. Are you OK with me being with her?
You know I don't think she's good enough for you.
So I shouldn't look to you for counsel and advice? You don't want it to happen?
I want you to be happy. I'll always help you. But it's hard for me to see what you see. You were my husband. I adored you. Even when you drove me crazy, I loved you. I knew exactly how special you were. She seems to lose touch with that at the drop of a hat. That makes me think she's not too bright.
She's smart. Just in a different way than you and me.
If she were smart, she never would have gotten so huffy on that airplane. She forbade you to influence her. The smartest guy she knows and she doesn't want to know what you think.
She doesn't want me to think for her.
Fine. But she herself shows no evidence of thinking. She's basically choosing this guy because he asked.
She wants to be chased.
I was the one who chased you.
That's true. And I didn't want that. I was playing the field.
But I made up my mind I was going to get you. I wouldn't take no for an answer. And you told me no three times.
And each time I did, you'd say, "I don't like that answer. Give me a better one." That was great.
Well, Pat, you like when someone gets all authoritarian on you.
I liked it when you did it.
And you admitted it. She doesn't know herself. Doesn't know what she wants. So she makes up silly rules for herself and for you. Tells you to butt out and then acts pissed that you have. If you really want her, let her stew.
So say nothing?
In any situation, saying nothing is a very smart option. She doesn't know that. She's immature. She's had no experience in relationships. Probably only read about them in romance novels. So she's trying to be a big girl making a big statement. "Look at me, Patrick, I'm going off with the perfect man." He's an utter douche to anyone with a brain.
He's not a douche to her.
And that doesn't lower your opinion of her?