H left the fall of '04...around late spring of '06 he moved back to town and started talking to me...it was not until late spring of '07 that I heard "I love you" again from him...
But looking back (remember that 20/20 hindsight) H's MLC initially peaked through late '98 early '99 then went full blown when he lost his job after 9-11...so he had a looooong MLC...