So good to see your name on my thread, always brightens my day.
I am starting to read more posts on the boards, and am starting to understand more what you talk about with WH's coming back and then leaving again. How absolutely awful for the LBS and the kids. Thank you so much for watching out for us, for warning me about this. I don't know what to do about it, if anything, but at least I am more aware. The temptation to bring them home is so great, but if it's too early, it's a terrible consequence. But then you're so scared to wait, for fear of driving them away.
The Mom's apron strings thing, you mention, has me going too. I moved out as a teenager, couldn't wait, and never looked back. WH moved back with his parents several times as a young adult. And still has daily disucssions about his life and relationships with his mother. You'd never know by meeting him. it's bizarre in a fully grown man, father, husband, etc. What is with him?!
I think you're right about the "under the same roof" thing too. But he's getting very snarky about being pushed so far away too. At some point I'm going to have to give in and accept that this is who he is, and put up with his attitude, or walk from the marriage. Yes?
