My H is a very proud man also..."sorry" isn't much in his vocabulary even now...and he would have never come back if I would have expected his tail between his legs... You can allow the way back for them so that he doesn't have to feel like he is coming back because he failed or made a wrong decision...all of that can be talked about much later...if it needs to be at all...because the truth is my H KNEW he screwed up big...and like yours...he even said once that he didn't want to hurt me again so if he stayed away he couldn't...how is that for screwed up thinking... Your right...time will tell...but remember TIME is on your side as well...take advantage of this time and keep the focus on you...you have many more positives then I had in my situation at this point...so in my opinion you still have a lot of reason to hope...
