He isn't put together, or straightening his life out. He is fragmented and lying. He may seem to be moving forward but he is surely hauling a MAJOR load around with him. Yeah, he has it locked away deep inside himself for now. But in time it will all come bursting out again. He can't stop it because he didn't deal with it the first time.
I know it hurts that he wants his new R work. But no matter how much he may WANT it to work, he's doing the WORK to make it work. He is riding on the euphoria of a new R. In the early stages a new R always seems great and we always want and believe it will work. He's started this one on lies. Even if he didn't outright LIE to her, by omitting the truth he has. When she finds out the truth she will be hurt. Unless of course she is a heartless coniving ow type who doesn't care. And if that is the case, well, they're both making a mistake.
Anyway, after all of my rambling, he might APPEAR to have it all together and happily moving on. But we all know appearances can be deceiving.
