I am very surprised to hear you say that the man I knew is not gone. That actually is good to hear, because from what I can see, Elvis has completely left the building and checked his brain at the door. The couple times we did get together, though, I saw a few glimpses of the man I thought I knew. At the moment, hope feels like an enemy, so I won't get my hopes up that he's still in there. I know H is on his own journey and in his own crisis and he has to want to come out of it, if he ever does.
As you said, I can't wrap my head around the idea that he could do all this, because the way I felt is the way you described how you used to feel about your H. Kind, loving, BF...
I will look for your posts and know that I really am very very glad you joined us here. Your insight has helped me today.
H: 44, Me: 45 Married: 20 y Together: 25 y no kids Walk away: 12/15 Asked for temp separation 12/25/15 PA confirmed 3/16 (apparently neither the first, nor the last PA he has had) H filed for D 5/16