Hiya KMFLA and GBO - Thanks for stopping by, its good to know that the process we are going through is about normal, and that there are some other things I can do to alter our old dynamics
Personally I am begining to realise that its not so much whether NG is detached from ow, it is more, can he step up to the plate of a more meaningful R with me, not the Slowly of 2 years ago, but the Slowly who has been on a tough journey since his bomb, and frankly, grown in the process. He has not yet opened his eyes to my changes. He is playing life with a woman he thought I was, and I'm speaking a different language that he is not ready to decipher. I think that's where we are, and sometimes I'm getting frustrated ..
But, yes, I know it will take time, and I cannot force his pace of acceptance. In the meantime, the weekend is just round the corner, and on the whole, we are both enjoying each other's company.