Absolutely true. But I am getting to the point where I do not need him to believe me anymore, because I believe me, if that makes sense?

I know he has baggage, so do I. That is why even if he came to me and said, " Wow, I made a huge mistake" I would be hesitant to have an R again, at this point. H has expressly stated he wold not do marriage again, but then x number of years, being raised by others expectations in formative years and then in relationship with me is a lot to overcome. Who knows what conditioning has wrought lol.

We can make it bad for you, and then you feel like the [censored] when you do leave and I can imagine it is not easy. I would love to make it my mission to go around and shake the crap out of the spouses who are like me and say"are you crazy.?"

BTW, not a violent person, just passionate lmao. Tend to feel everything at full power. Which is bizarre given ML history with H !