Hi Forever! Thank you for the response. I just have a hard time wrapping my head around the changes from what he was very passionate about before. My husband could never be swayed from any habit or belief and was incredibly stubborn about the things I mentioned before. God forbid we have anything to do in the mornings and he couldn't surf. He would be in a bad mood all day!!!! It breaks my heart all the time to witness the alien abduction. I try to keep the unwaivering faith that his head will come back soon, but I teeter some days (i.e. the past 2 days).

Forever, did your husband leave or did he stay in the home the entire time of the beginning stages of the MLC? What triggered his MLC do you think (if there even was one)? Was the trigger where you are starting your 1.5 year/2 year journey so far?

He tried hard to hold on tight to me even though he "hated" me for a few months. He's on a retreat from life right now though and has run from me. He was a nice MLC-er until the last few days and now he's been just mean!!! Possibly because I went dark with the exception of "business" issues and he's resentful that I cut him off. Minimal contact and he is being a "teenaged brat" more than ever with me. "I'm taking my ball and going home" kinda crap. Except for the ball is the OW and home is whatever couch he can crash on at the moment!!!! smile