IMHO often the best defense from a predator is misdirection.
When I was married to my ex-wife, who often got angry, I'd tell her that her mother called to demand that she not visit her dying maternal grandmother. That'd usually buy me some escape time.
6 posted on 12/31/2025 2:29:26 PM PST by Tell It Right
(1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)