You sound great, Kim. I'm glad you're trusting him more, even when you don't have to. I think you can do that because you're stronger now. If you give him your trust and he later proves he didn't deserve it, you know you can handle the pain and move on.
Meantime, though, I still do think he's doing pretty well. If he continues to show this kind of responsibility toward your feelings, are you thinking about sitting him down and trying to get him to talk about what the two of you want in a M? I'm not suggesting this is something to be tried soon. But I think eventually you'll want to do it so you can find out if he's willing to start meeting the needs you're going to have, especially now that you're not hellbent on getting him back. There needs to be some sort of slow transition to where you're both working to keep the other involved in your R.
I hope he can keep his head as your R regrows. I want to respect him for all the work he's going to have done to keep a Wonder Woman in his life!
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