I wish we had a time table or matrix to assess some of these MLC facts as it does seem so predictable.
But Neph, I feel like we are in a different boat than most others in the MLC forum, because our H's are not only MLC but because they are already in alternative lifestyles to begin with. Maybe it is not so alternative coming from California, but perhaps for this worldwide forum? I just know that your H being a teacher and a vegan and a Latino (not a minority in CA!) makes him different. My H being a poet, homeless, emo, European in the States makes him different. My H cannot just hang out with the dudes on a Monday watching football talking shop and cars. No, but he can talk to your husband about Latin American poetry and vegan dishes. I think this aspect of my H, maybe yours too, has already made him an insecure outcast, isolated from society. He has gone even more underground into a punk culture that he once ridiculed.
I sense your H misses way more than your cooking. I am hungry just redaing your credentials! He is just lost and insecure also. What could have possibly caused him to escalate into physical violence, even an accidental slap is out of control.
Me:38 H:39 MLC M:10 R:23 years D6 S3 Bomb: Easter, 2007 "Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day."