Why is the ow so controlling?

[princess_nic]

This is all very interesting.

I guess my question is really, why do they put up with it?

OT - I see your point about when someone is waiting, and I wouldn't expect him to stay for 10 minutes. But she is seldom in the car; usually, he is just going back to her place. Is it really necessary to yell good-bye at me (if that) over his shoulder? And again, he only does this when she's expecting him, so it's not like I'm toxic or anything. And again, he does things he NEVER would have done when we were together - like taking the kids to a killer amusement park (one of those roving ones that he always said were really unsafe) because she wants to. It's just weird.