Scooby, My xh began his MLC right around 1997. Full blown in 1999 and onward. He married the ow, she died in September 2013. He's one of those that is stuck. He's still acting like a 16 yr old.
No, I am not standing. After all of the destruction he created and I had to clean up, there is no way on God's green earth would I ever consider reconciling w/him. He wanted the illusive happiness and I opened the cage door and shoved him out the second time that he threatened to leave. If I had to do it all over again, I would never have allowed him to return home after he left the first time.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.