I think if he moves out again, it will be permanently, but honestly, if anyone's going to leave, it will be me with the boys. I can't afford to stay in the house whereas H can. I doubt he would try to talk me into staying here like we were before, but even if he did, that is something I no longer want him to hold over my head.
I forgot to mention my talks with MIL yesterday and SIL this morning. MIL said, "I know he's my son, but, (GF), I do not care for the way he treats you. I can't stand watching him hurt you like this! I just want to bop him upside his head so bad!"
SIL said pretty much the same thing. She said, "I know you're happy he's here, but he's not treating you right." I told her, "No, I'm NOT happy he's here. Before he came back, he said he knew this would take time to fix and was ready for it, but after he moved in, it's like he just expected everything to automatically fall into place with it all being how he wanted it to be."
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. ~ Joseph Campbell
