Shabby Shawn

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As the conversation progressed I found myself marveling at Denise's interest in the subject. Denise was actually listening to us very carefully and was actually asking questions - intelligent questions - based on the information we were giving her. It was clear to me as the conversation went on that Denise had an 'open mind' on this subject! Wow. What a woman! What a novelty!

A knock on the door interrupted a (for me) pleasant scene. I opened the door and met Shawn, who was 'running late.' I invited Shawn into the LR and soon Shawn became integrated into the conversation.

Shawn proved to be the opposite of Denise. Whereas Denise asked questions based on previous information, Shawn seemed to be more interested in raising doubts about such information. Furthermore it soon became clear that Shawn was not there to listen and learn, Shawn was there to preach and discredit. Shawn was there to propagandize from his pulpit of 'resident psychological expert.' Shawn was there to discredit me in the eyes of the two women.