My h told me that he never said anything bad about me to anyone. I have a hard time believing that. I know when the ow started to really pressure him to cut me off financially he really got worried. He told me that he would never do that to us. So that was step one for my h.
Hard on their warped brain, you bet. After seeing my h go through this I can really understand how insecure and unstable he was. He was totally confused about HIS LIFE. He knew he wanted his family back. He knew he wanted his M restored. He had to get to a certain point in MLC for that to happen.
Your h will get there too. It all takes time. It takes so much patience and understanding on your part that you sometimes want to say "what about me and my needs." Patti, you are doing really good. You will make it.