Sometimes I think - being grown up is hard work. There are obligations, bills to pay and people who depend on you and expect you to show up. I think for some - whether they are MLC or WA - they can deal with it in one arena, like work, but can't deal with it at home, too. Your H can't blame you b/c this is just real life.
We don't know what's going on in their heads, although there do seem to be some patterns for MLC, at least. Maybe we each should get a certain number of "time-outs" in life when we can step off the treadmill and just be. . . .
At the same time, your H seems to be success-oriented and so a lot of his values are driven by that. The question becomes - how do you define success?
This may not be a constructive response in terms of DB - but I did want to stop by. . . .
me: 47 H: 48 he has 2 grown sons M 1995(my 1st, his 3rd) hit iceberg 6/07 S 9/26/07 before now