but then she usually says something to the effect that her question, unlike mine, is so intrinsically important that any good citizen has a duty to form an opinion on it.
Have you tried responding to that and taking the conversation a step or two further to see if you can resolve it?
Have you tried responding to that and taking the conversation a step or two further to see if you can resolve it?
Not that I remember of. By now, she’s probably accepted my aloofness as yet another weird quirk of mine, and I’m OK with that.