You were good today. I think it makes a difference when I am an adult instead of an argumentative, arrogant teenager. You are irritating, but I suppose you can't help it. It really helped my sense of our alliance when you said you find that stuff shocking. I could dress that up as validating, or being heard, or some other therapeutic crap, but I think it's as simple as the young me really liking being noticed and you paying attention to how **** her life is ... was ... whatever, whenever, we are, I am.