Controlling? Hmmm....I'm sorry bear, but I do not see this as controling at all. I see this more as you GAL and him afraid that you are. I see this more as he is afraid that you are going to be fine without him, and he is not going to be fine without you. Just my take. RCR is more clinical in her take on things, I am more....let's say, realistic. Hey...I love RCR, she was the first person I spoke to when I came aboard. I love her posts. But not everything can be so clinical.
And I don't see controlling either--I agree with you Jeanette.
My concern is that Bear will interpret her husband as controlling because it is what she expects--she will see what she wants or is expecting to see.