Gabbysmom, I'm trying to be more pleasant and make his house more like his home. So far all we have done is fight and the colder I got, the more he ran, so I'm not sure which strategy would bring him closer. The fact that he asked to go to counseling yesterday and said he doesn't fully understand what he is doing and that a part of him still loves me leads me to believe that it's worse to keep pushing him away or be detached.
I could be very wrong, mind you. We will see what happens at counseling this week. And I may get tired of this soon. I know myself.
After he was done painting he kept complaining of a neck ache and I offered to give him a massage. I joked that this was a dangerous position for him to be in because I'm very tempted to ring his neck, and he said I should go ahead because he deserves it.