Ellie--I agree 100%. You've put it better than I did when I was talking with H.
BTW--he came back. I don't think he was even gone an hour. It was kind of strange, I was actually going to just let him walk. I don't think he's doing this on purpose, to be honest...a lot happened after he got home... (Although no more yelling. )
Anyway, we are headed to the gym here soon. I will post sometime tomorrow after I get to work. I had a bit of an epiphany. Well, actually, several.