Betsey - don't get me wrong, I wasn't in the least criticizing your decision - I've said it often before, I don't think I would have been able to stand nearly as long as many of you. I guess it's just the fact that you made this decision just as he seemed to be turning around - and I know for many of us that is the scariest time, when it looks like we just might get what we've been working towards, and I know that vulnerable scary feeling. That's when you get this really intense feeling that to "protect" yourself you need to shove that person away.
Of course, for some people, that's just the moment when they realize that they don't really want that "prize" that they've won