Silentspring, hey nice to meet you. Sounds like you are getting to a good place & keep that fire and those projects going!

BD, my WH also loves it when I am motivated and busy. That's what attraacted him to me all these years. The last two years when we were overseas I was freelancing but not doing too well at it, and then suffered a few health problems, and then suffered the infertility thing...I think my H lost his attraction towards me.

Newmama, WH has certainly put himself in a sitation he can't get out of. He has gone to far. Lost the respect of so many people. Lost my family, my friends. Some of his friends. But when I told him a few months ago that for him doing the right thing felt as daunting as climbing Mt Everest, he agreed and added "and I don't have the energy". He had a choice between two difficult emotional sitations (going vs leaving) and he chose the one that required less energy and work.

Sounds MLCish, doesn't it?