Personally I think he feels guilty about the kids moving out and making such an issue over it for so long.

I think he is having flashbacks of when he was drinking in this house.

I think it is his old self sabotaging behavior, and very definitely has all the signs of a relapse coming.

I think he can't handle it when I am stressed out or we have a disagreement. He has low tolerance for negative emotions.

And I am angry that instead of being able to focus fully on my loss with the kids, it is all about him once again. He's not good at sharing.

I also know that when we went house hunting, he told me that he had a hard time seeing the new places and realizing what he gave up b/c of his drinking. We can't live the way he is used to living and he lost it all before we met.

So, I think many things played out. I am just glad it happened before he moved in or at the last minute.

I don't want to make the same mistakes I made before with him.


Me late 50's
M 9/06
D 4/11