Reliving what we did, didn't do, the shoulda woulda couldas, etc in our marriages is, to me, just wasted effort. We can't change the past.
Those thoughts occupied far too many of the remaining brain cells I had in my feeble little man brain. Yes, hard to stop but it can be done.
As someone who suffered through an MLC, I could offer my insight but everyone is different. I don't know your H. My crystal ball died after hooking it up to the 220 dryer plug.
Here is some questions I have...
What are his motivations to want to "talk properly"?
Just what does "talk properly" mean to him?
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out” ― Art Linkletter