I like the wording you have used - Sounds kinder then my flat out refusal so I will take those words, make them mine and tell them that way.
I do wish I could go back in time and not tell most of the people I have told however I can't so I will have to just move forward and repair the damage as best as I can.
The only thing they have followed that I have asked is not to contact my H - It has become an unspoken rule that has only been broken once (after a death in the family).
I know if we reconcile, H would be accepted back with no questions asked (from them).
May All Who Seek To Take My Life Be Put To Shame And Confusion; May All Who Desire My Ruin Be Turned Back In Disgrace. ~Psalm 40:14~