Thank you for this post. I have some inkling of what's going on with H. Truthfully the toolkit that I inherited and learned to handle life wasn't optimal either...hence the five year program I embarked on.
Damaged and abused people tend to pick other damaged and abused people that shore up their weaknesses and deficiencies, and I know that.
I have the greatest empathy for my H, knowing his history, his behavioural patterns and I know ( although I have a hard time really understanding it viscerally) he is in pain too. That's his work. I just hope the Divine decides to swat him with a clue by four sooner than later, for our children's sake at least.
BITS Me-51, WAS-52 Kids 2 M-26yrs, H.left 2009, 2 more Bomb drops, Reconnection spring 2013 Change is inevitable, personal growth is a choice. Love is a action and choice you make, every day.