H4L, those are very important realizations for you. And I believe that if you truly can believe that you deserve love and can no longer tolerate emotional abuse -- not defensively but with an open heart -- your H will either shift towards meeting that expectation or it will become clear that it's not going to work.

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
-- Mahatma Gandhi


me: 42 | STBXH: 41 | T: 18 | M: 10 | separation: Jan 3, 2010 | they deserve better: S7 & D4
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.: first breathe, then heal, then start LIVING :.