[livi]

In my state of frustration and ambivalence I admit to having approached a few of my closest friends with my dilemma. They have known me for decades and made good friends with her too over the last years. Never said a bad word about her to me. Until I asked. I was perplexed. They all seemed kind of relieved to finally get a chance to tell me what they had thought of her for a long time. Since I obviously seemed so fond of her they had not had the heart to say anything. Secretly they all despised her. One of them said: You must be blind, deaf or plain masochistic Markus. First time you introduced her to me I knew she would eat you alive.
They all had the same impression of her! I could not believe it. However, being my friends, I still could not rule out a certain degree of bias. Thats where I figured you guys would serve an objective review.

And you have - with such astounding quality. You seem to have grasped the very essence of the drama - and not least made me feel better about my self.