In my experience, asking emotion-based questions usually leads to confused responses, unless you are very good at detaching from any answer... in which case, you wouldn't ask it in the first place! When using the pendulum, I always first ask if I am grounded and centred enough to use it, then I ask if I may ask questions on a particular subject. If I got what you got, I'd respect the energy and put the pendulum away for another day.