So... see what happens sometimes when you finally drop the rope and ignore them?
A: They start thinking about you.
I think that's true in the majority of cases. It wasn't true in mine; when he walked, he stopped thinking about me and is quite happy. I coped much better with losing him than the collateral damage--losing my entire family except for D14, and most of my friends. That seems atypical too in its comprehensive effect on my life. I think it's him and his narcissistic personality disorder, and not just the typical alien WAH syndrome. Usually they look back a bit, or they blink, or they have doubts; mine never did.
M60 H52 D20 M14 yrs OW-old gf from 1986 bomb-5/18/08 H filed for D-9/10/08 D final 4/24/09 xH remarried (not OW) 2012