Those were the words slapped back at me.
Yes, if I only I could. Apparently, in her eyes, I am but a dullard and incapable of understanding.
"If you understood" is her way of saying "if you were smart..." without actually calling a person stupid.
Neither of which will prompt a conversation from me - or at least a conversation that won't end with my foot on your neck.
I smile and take it because I have to. I smile and take it because I love him and don't want to hurt him. I know my bite is worse than my bark.
And she wonders why we don't talk much anymore.
If she only understood...
