Sanderika - this is all very true, I think. It is painful - my pre MLC xh was such a nice considerate, thoughtful person, and it is so very weird. Even after all this time, learning why, putting it behind us, and getting on with our lives, the personality change is sometimes, for me, still beyond belief.
That is my reality - that man is gone, and I get on with living my life.

Like you, friendship is next to impossible - my friends just don't behave like this.