Same here Scouby...except my 'ex' grew up with an extremely abusive father and a mother who just smiles. Nice woman...but not very strong.
When he was angry with me he would sneak around and move his things out of the house, or run to my friends and tell them something I had said that they could take in a negative light if he worded it correctly. Or if there was an argument he would spin my words around like a fool. Sad fellow but I don't have to deal with that anymore. He was very childlike. There is nothing worse than dealing with a child in a man's body.