orchid - you're doing SO WELL!! Remember baby steps... don't want to scare him off. Great questions posed to him and excellent job validating! Rediscovering his woman... nice! But now just let him think it over... I'm very excited to read this progress for you but would just encourage you to take it super slow. Even if you don't have another R talk before he leaves town, you've made some excellent progress here and are giving him reason to pause and consider his current path and if it's the right course. Acknowledging a possible MLC is huge! Self awareness.. looking outside himself... all good stuff.
Stay friendly, relaxed. Make the last couple days memorable so when he leaves he'll really have to wonder what he's doing and what he's leaving behind!
