Regarding the short leash - speculating here but two reasons come to mind: First, some men have an attitude of I may not necessarily want you but I don't want anyone else to want you either - so in his mind as long as he can maintain frequent contact with you it sort of keeps you on his hook (maybe hoping for reconcilliation) and not necessarily available to others. Second thought is maintaining the constant contact with you allows him to "keep" his family without having to really live with his family - basically cake eating.
Sorry to hear Nathan is still sick - that can't be fun to be running a high fever in this summer heat. Also, if you ever doubted that Dan's excessive criticism of Nathan's baseball skills are effect him, that dream pretty much puts it to rest. Dan really needs to back off from that immediately. Dan - just let the boy play and enjoy the game for God's sake!!!
