Bravo-- Fair point. It was a while ago, now, so I can't say for sure. I'm sure I *thought* I did at the time, but our communication skills were awful. I certainly would communicate (and do communicate) differently with him now.
Trying to stay hopeful... but the more I think about it (and see myself through other people's situations), I'm just not sure it can work. I just don't think he is capable of ever giving me what I need. I don't know if our R was ever really healthy (I was never really healthy), so I don't know if there is enough to rebuild.