P.S. This MLC stuff is 100-percent the truth. Traumatized children will play out that trauma and abandonment and abuse and, in our case, sexual abuse/emotional parental entanglement, into adulthood. It's been 5.5 years. Whether he comes back or not, he seems to be working this childhood trauma out in a way that works for him. With TONS of shame and guilt laid on top.
"You know, it's times like these when I realize what a superhero I am." Tony Stark/Iron Man
“Focus on what you can do, then do it with all your heart.” Lois Wilson