The secret superpower of middle age: part two

Yes, nowadays my default stance is that of handing the other person a verbal shovel and listening whilst they dig themselves into that proverbial hole ...

Here it is. The promised Part Two.

As I was writing Part One a couple of weeks ago, I was thinking about this, knowing that it had to be addressed separately and knowing also that it was marvellously real – for me anyway. But I’m always interested. Is it just me? Has anyone reading this experienced something similar? Does anyone feel the same? If you ha…