I have to be honest I can’t argue with what your saying although the physical and mental abuse has been forgotten? The only part you may be fooling yourself with is placing your life on hold. Only you know the truth to that. It’s not your conventional D but you have alway ls been a different Kat (pun intended) lol.
NOPE - it has not been forgotten
My XH quit smoking 1 1/2yr ago.
Sometimes we are texting and he actually goes "my apologies"... WHAT???? That's a word I would swear he never knew.
There's a lot of differences in talking with him. He's a lot more calm.
I had to ask his input on something regarding S20's car because technically he is still 50% owner until he pays it off. I was not happy about how S20 was treating me in regards to the situation and my XH used words like his behavior is not very loving or respectful. WAIT??? What in all that is holy is going on here??? My XH using words like loving or respectful literally sucked the air right out of my chest.
When I described that day in the car driving around town with him... not one millisecond of road rage.
I would have to say that my XH has done some work....