Yes, I think he does want to move on from the past - he just doesn't seem to know how. I also know he feels really paranoid that the neighbours are talking about our situation. They're not - the people next door had no idea until he mentioned that he'd moved out himself - but how he appears to others is very important to him. I think my main fear about MC is that it would just be the very end of the line - I'd sit there and be confronted with the fact it was over, rather than be able to kid myself into thinking we have some hope, as I am doing now. But that's immature. And if he is willing, I may as well go and find out what he wants to say. I will think on it some more but I am feeling more positive about it, especially since he's been initiating a lot more contact with me over the past couple of weeks, and I've seen him trying to make changes in his parenting too.