I think it is the phase called " He is an a**hole right now" phase.
Exactly! I've been at this for a very long time---not as long as some, but going on 3 years. (New identity after realizing my privacy was violated.) The stages that have been written down and are referred to can only be used as guidelines, or descriptions of what might be going on.....there is no set definition....if this, then: stage X----However, Eric - you hit it on the head!
My H has said the same to me (not my kids though), but as far as I can tell portrays himself to the world as the same person he's always been. Seems to make things harder on me, because I let it!
Punkin - the best advice I can give you is to let him to continue to think he is an a$$hole. Enjoy your kids and grandkids and focus on this new stage in YOUR life!
"Do not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." - James Thurber
