And I have asked myself, several hundred times, what a different woman would have done, and I have the answer now because I eventually did it, fourteen years late.

She would have asked for it in writing.

That is all.

Not a lawyer, not a lawsuit, not a scene in an office.

Every time somebody said we’re taking care of it, a different woman would have sent one email that afternoon saying: Thank you for meeting with me today.

To confirm, you said you would do X and Y.

Could you let me know when that’s been done?