sorry - that post looks confusing - and no edit feature.
I had a long list of quotes that demonstrated all the times that you "tell" him stuff etc (the mothering/controlling behaviour). A couple are at the bottom of last post - others fell out - and they were supposed to be in the body of the message - for context - but I hit submit before I'd finished organising it.
Sorry. : V
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Never make someone a priority, who makes you an option.