Neil, how about a one paragraph summary of where things are at. Pretty please ? Rate the relationship on a scale of 1-10. Ten being everything you've always wanted. Then rate how it was 6 months ago, & 3 months ago.
M 19 years, MC for 8 months, DB'd for 8 months 4 kids; 18, 15, 14, & 10 I was never meant to be a doormat. It took me years of therapy to become assertive enough to stop his abuse.