What happened to "act as if"? How about assuming he does love you, or is at least working on it. He's been back a year now. Is it getting better?

Realize that this is coming from someone who would die to be in your shoes; who wants all these M's to work out.

You know the drill, keep doing what works, change what's not working. Sometimes hope is all we have, but I think you have a valid reason to have hope.
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