Flingin' That Otter Across Two States!

[LoisB]

First off, IMO, this doesn't have anything to do with love...like you said. In fact, I think some MLC-er's crisis is triggered when they reach a stage of the relationship where things feel very comfortable and intimate and deep. That's about when Smokey when off the deep end again. He always did this dance with me where we would achieve this deep level of intimacy (get married, have a baby, settle into middle-age) and he would take about 10 steps away from me. In this case, more like 50 steps.

It's like there was always this child inside of him that was very fragile, sad, insecure and, most of all, AFRAID. He never seemed to trust unconditional love.