"I like you. I like your style." etc.
At that point, I would have puked on him for being either patronising or clichéd, or both.

Sounds like it's about power.
He didn't get where he is today by actually listening to the likes of you did he?
Sounds pretty toxic - is probably deeply insecure and a control freak.
I think I possibly work with his brother.
You did the right thing BW.
*goes off to take pill*

Almost Mr BW's first words when he came home from work were, "I read your update before I left work. He's a wanker isn't he?"

I can't remember the last time I heard Mr BW say that (in fact, I'm not sure I have ever heard him say that).

But it's a perfect summation of the situation. It's quite thrown my powers off balance though.

Somewhat - yes, that is the moment I most regret not reacting to, I think.

drD - yes, you're right too. And as for working with his brother - well, you have my sympathies.

Mr BW is indeed perceptive. Having just read this, I would have thought he was a wanker too.

I have very little time for people who talk about only themselves. I regard it as a form of deep insecurity (someone please tell me I dont do it!), and as such instinctively mistrust them, which I know is probably the wrong thing to do.

That came out soooo wrong. My first sentence referred to Mr. Twenty-stone-man, not Mr. BW.

Or did I just read my own words wrong?

A perfect example of bad grammar, methinks.

*slaps self on the back of the head. Hard.*

Perversely, I actually enjoy meeting people like that.

Because I take huge delight in bursting their bubbles...

MrD - yes, so do I, usually. I have rarely met a person who was able to make me feel so disempowered. I still don't know how he did it, or why I let him. And I must have spent most of the night trying to process the experience, because I'm absolutely shattered this morning, and still none the wiser.