I never thought I would be back. I thought my story was a done deal!
He is very different this time. He always stayed in touch but his calls were sporadic and I never knew what kind of mood he would be in. I decided not to take his calls anymore.
He began calling again in July but I didn't answer his calls. He tricked me by calling from a different # about a month ago and I answered. In a nutshell, we have been talking frequently and he is the "old H" again. I was even able to (politely) unload a lot of old resentment and frustration in our phone convo last Sat. night. It was very therapeutic for me. He listened w/o interrupting and accepted full blame. He has apologized about 1,000 times so far. He even answered questions that always bugged me but I never thought I would get an answer to. Before, he would either change the subject or hang up so this is very different.
He is trying to rush things to come back but I'm not having it. I told him that it took him 6 years to break it and it won't be an overnight fix. I'm going to be a hard sell this time. Very slow until I'm absolutely sure.