Your pain is palpable. It sounds like you're making some progress. Not that you want to hang your hopes on little responses from him -- to the contrary, the more you look for little responses, the more you set yourself up for a big fall. He's going to be all over the place. Be strong. Prepare yourself. Be great.
Me: 50, MLC/WW 45 Young kids Nov 2015: BD1 Apr 2016: BD2 Jan 2017: W filed Feb 2017: D final