I know what you are saying PEI, and it is true. However, I decided to try on the dependent coat, because my H feels I am too confrontational. He used this 180 against me in so many ways, that I don't really want to go into since this is your thread. What I was trying to tell you, and you seem to have grasped it already (by your response to my little vent), is don't lose sight of who you are. I have not lost myself, except where our M is concerned. I cannot talk to my H about anything without him perceiving it as confrontational or he is bored. Very frustrating, and I am on the verge of walking away after 6 years of putting up with this garbage.
I think you are doing very well, so keep it up. Hopefully, things will work out sooner than most on this bb.
Me:57 H:52 M:28 Got another lawyer last year and filed. D35,S/D twins28,D22 EA4/04 End? Who knows? "Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." — Peace Pilgrim