OK, so the flaming Christmas tree and baby tiger surgery visual was very vivid and made me laugh out loud. I feel the same way with my H. I could set my hair on fire and run right up in his face and he would just have that same dead look on his face that he adopted when our sitch first started.
I agree with what Mozza said above...try being optimistic and see where that leads. I tend toward pessimism myself, so I am working SUPER hard on optimism and some days it really works well for me.
Hang in there!
Me 52, H53 Bomb drop 9/29/2014 Divorce from XH final 12/17/2014 Marriage #2 12/31/2019 5 adult (step)daughters (3 from XH's first marriage, 2 from current H's previous relationships) 6 grandkids