I'm still kind of stuck on toothpaste and bananas... but forward I think he just has a way to go yet. Meanwhile, try not to put too much thought into his relationship with D. He'll do it in a way that works for him and D. It likely won't be the way you would do it or in a way you would understand.
It'll work out as it is going to work out with them regardless of what you do, right? It may take longer the way he does it. He may not live to a satisfactory level with it. But he'll still do it his way and that won't necessarily be your way.
Take that with a grain of salt - I don't know how his relationship with her is. Only they know that.
AJ
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Put the glass down... "Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
but forward I think he just has a way to go yet. Meanwhile, try not to put too much thought into his relationship with D. He'll do it in a way that works for him and D. It likely won't be the way you would do it or in a way you would understand. 
