I wonder if internally he is "clingy" in a way then, with not feeling love growing up. It has amazed me through this journey seeing the role parents play in the adult lives of their kids. I can see clearly now ways that my H was hurt as a child that are driving his MLC now. And his childhood wasn't what I would consider "bad," just parents who I think were just not emotionally available (and never have been to him as an adult, either). So sad. Now I feel the burden even more of being a good parent for my kids!
I can't imagine how emotionally exhausted you must be, working so hard to maintain that lightness with all that negativity. And all that projection!
