What is it that makes some men so implacably contrary? The more you need something, the more they thwart you.What is it that makes some men so implacably contrary? The more you need something, the more they thwart you. The more you want them, the farther they withdraw. And all the while they lavish their time and attention on things of no consequence but to their own obsessions. I know the pat answer from psychology. But when you live it, the pat answer does not resonate. Their behavior seems diabolical and you long for escape. Paul drove our station wagon north on 101 all through the foggy night. Bill and Barbara expected us at the trailhead in the California Marble Mountain Wilderness in the morning. Paul did most of the driving because he didn't trust me to drive in the fog. |