Thanks Freckle. I have been doing this for a year now! And I'm tired of being the one to say "Hi H" and "good bye H" hoping he'll pick up the pattern. Now it's time for me to realize he wont change and just work on detaching and not letting it get me down.
And you're right. I don't want to hand him any excuse to push my buttons. Or at least show him they're pushed lol.