What you said under "memories"... that you're a slow walker and he walked in front, that you used to do everything on your own... all of it sounds exactly like me& my ex. I often felt like his mum. I put it down to my culture but perhaps it wasn't just that.
I'm now back in your country, will be removing my stuff from his parents'. H won't even look into filing (too lazy... he is 'single' in this country anyway?), so I probably have to file it myself soon, when the 12mths come.