Hi Steelers, sorry the return didn't go well. I think and I really have no idea why! maybe you should DB your son a little. I find the dynamics a little strange here with him and his father. Has your son found work yet and is he helping out more. You haven,t mentioned your daughters at all or how they have re acted. I think your H would have/ could have found the money to go elsewhere if he truly wanted and your approval and letting him go "i may not approve but i have let him go." has nothing to do with how your h is thinking. I guess its time for you to continue as before,maybe GAL activities and I would seriously look at ways that wouldn,t make you so financially dependant on your H. This may even help in the long / short term and dispel his thinking that he is only a cash machine. I am glad you are doing okay-this must have been a huge blow to you after the intimacy and talks. God Bless.