Re: I Need to Defuse This.
I forgot to add that if I offer to help--"Hmpf!" And if I go all the way to hand-over-hand helping, I'm either attempting to "help" a struggling, spitting little cat (who works herself up into a shrieking tantrum or runs away and cries) or manhandling a limp rag doll (who inevitably slumps in a way that leads to a painful bonk and then the shrieking or the crying and running away).
I would like to stop the drama before it starts, if possible. Or at least try to prevent her escalating it.
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