No don't be sorry about the vent, it is nice to know someone understands, my friends try to be understanding, but they just don't get it. yes me and my H are great friends, we talk about all sorts of things, but I too think he is to stubborn and will never let go of the past. I am starting to realize how flawed he is, and how hurt his past has made him. He had issues when I met him, and I don't ever see him addressing them. I just hope one day he wakes up and seeks help for them.
More and more, I am realizing that it is to late for us, and detaching is good for me, and nothing more. But he sure is not making it easy to detach, by wanting to stay friends. When all I want to do is run far away and never have to see, hear or deal with him again, but for obvious reasons that is not a possibility or practical. So I buck it up.