FightOn, I remember reading in your post about how alone you feel despite that he is in the house. Mine was a week in and a week out for about a year. I soon learned that I felt far less lonely in the times he was gone than when he was there. When someone is in the house and ignoring you, it feels worse than when you are truly alone. It took me a few months, but now I love being alone, even at night. I never have to worry about someone in my own house who won't talk to me or look at me. Even my teens aren't that immature.