ron2112 said:

[then a whole mess of blah blah blah, some polite, some nasty, almost all of it cautiously defanged by prefacing it with "I love everything you've done with this edit and I have the deepest respect for your work, but that being said..."]

Ron, that's hilarious. Thank you for such a delightful recap.

This July is my tenth wedding anniversary, and I vividly recall the marriage counselor years ago telling me that, whenever I say the word "but," whoever's listening automatically cancels whatever nice thing I just said. That's a nice dress, dear, BUT.... or This is a great salad, sweetheart, BUT.... And all beautifully captured in the quote above!