Thanks Cat04 - Here's the scary part. I don't know if this possibility terrifies me because he might come back and it happen again- or if I'm afraid he won't come back at all and I'm looking for a loophole for his return.
I've spent a lot of time this last week looking at my WH with a new perception, and it's not all that great. Sure, they were things I knew, but I suppressed because of love.
Still, all in all I feel I have taken a step forward. Seeing him as the not so perfect person he likes to be seen as. My fault in this? I let him think it, even built his ego around it. Built him up to the kids and grands when it was me doing all the work. Co-dependent.
It may all be true, but it's certainly not pleasant.