The only reason I'm still living in this house is, he stopped pushing, he stopped trying to control, he stopped placing requests & demands on me, he let's me call all the shots. If I tell him I'll make pancakes (this is for Ready) he backs up & lets me make pancakes. He's doing all the things I asked him to do all those years ago. He give me lots of space & in doing this, we're making baby steps towards having the relationship we both can be happy about.
Please define "call all the shots." CBK is still able to set reasonable boundaries (no contact with OM for example, and proof via transparency), isn't it? Just treat his wife, should she come back, as a full partner in their marriage, correct?