Wow TG, I don't have advice since I'm a screw up myself. But I think all the signs indicate something hopeful. I feel like that about my H in recent weeks, but he recedes into mysterious world. You can't coax more out of them, patience is required. Don't you just want to shake them and make them snap out of it and find some courage for godsake!? My H has also described things he's done where he seems to go out of his way to explain how he was alone or with some other friends. Yet, as of this minute he continues to be with ow. So what kind of picture he is trying to paint with these stories I don't understand either. Hang in there. And good luck. It sounds hopeful!