New or false hope?

[Painter]

Julie, he sounds very entitled. Entitlement can create so many problems, it makes the person selfish and lack empathy. Every time I watch an interview with a criminal, I notice how entitled they are.

I would say that it's part of my H's problem as well - it shows in different ways than with your H, but it sounds like the same underlying mechanism. Just the other day, H said to me that he shouldn't have to ask me to fix him dinner (I should just do it). I have heard him say similar things over the years - 'I shouldn't have to' this or that.

I think it's just so difficult for those of us who do not feel entitled to understand that someone can actually be that way, so we keep forgetting what they do and think it will be different next time.