And yet, when he is formal and more business like with me, I hate that too.
I asked D (now 4) if she ever told Daddy that she misses him. She said no. I told her she could tell him that.
I'm not sure it would register. He is not known for his empathy.
I think it's like with Ss. Perhaps he has just decided that there would be too much effort and work involved (repairing R with me and friends and family too), with no guarantee that it would work... so it's just easier to give up and start fresh with someone new with a clean slate.
That's not the kind of person I want to spend my life with anyway. So lame and weak. I think I pity him more than anything else. He makes such a big point to call his apartment "our apartment t" with my D, yet he barely keeps anything there for her. How is it "her" home when she has to pack a bag every time she goes there. So lame and sad.