Just stealing some advice that Betsey gave KAW and posting it here on my thread, to give myself a pep talk...(modified to refer to my H)
Quote: "The way I see it, losers let things happen and winners make things happen."
Why not see H as someone who is another man, and whose conversation is the only thing you expect from him? It really can help take the sting out of things. Plus this is an ideal opportunity to start using all the DB skills you've learned over the past 2 years: being a good listener, asking interesting questions, showing compassion for a man who is clearly hurting, and employing the 180s that you know will take you farther in this journey than deliberately pushing him away.
Livnlearn
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates