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[Cherry]

He has seen a lot of violence from a stepdad, and his own dad physically abused him before abandoning him. He's had a hard life where despite his mums love he has struggled.

I think it this r is to develop into a pa I can't take it. This has already been done once.

I feel once confronted, he needs to go sleep in another room. (Though I feel in a way that makes things easier as he will just sit texting/talking all night without distractions.

I feel like I need to build a wall of detachment. One he cannot pass. I get the feeling when he told me he would always love me as the mother of his child that he was temp checking. Or feeding me bait to keep me on the back burner