world that (could/would happen) to bring out the worst in you? There's nothing a person could do to make you angry? As for the bumping into me or my wife, no one is that swole that ye'en feel yourself hitting someone else; and I'm not asking for genuflection, just an apology (even a 'my bad' wave/nod). swiss -- I can understand how you fellas are brought up to just handle stuff but why does it have to be two polar opposites. If he isn't whinning like a little biya biya, then why does the alternative have to be to totally shut down? I don't need to hear about every bump and bruise but if something is really an issue, then why not at least let it be known at least generically, what's on your mind? Like, I don't have to have the play by play but a simple, Some sh!t went down at work and i'm a bit bothered but I don't really want to discuss it right now. That way you're letting me know the culprit and still keeping your nonb!chtassness under wraps. But you are right. I recall one time when the beau was super cold and to himself....once he back around i asked him about it and he said, he dealt with it in his own way but still refrained from telling me what it was. Slim -- You know the old fable about the boy with his finger in the dyke? (No, not the p0rn flick,