Great to hear from you and hope you're hanging in there.
Gottman would really help your husband to be gentler with you during conflict. I had no idea what an a€€hole I'd been my entire life until I read his book.
Best,
GH31
Me: 46 W: 46 T: 23 M: 20 DS12 DD11 DS5
W left: 01/28/08 Discovered OM: 02/26/08 W back for 9 days: 04/08 W returned 05/21/08 EA/PA - 01/08-07/09 W's MLC 2008-2014 (realised this much later)