Quote: To date, in avoiding R talks, I feel we have brushed unresolved issues under the rug...
<Ahem> Might this not be an ASSumption on your part, Slowly? I really hate to see you beat yourself up with this, gf. To some degree, this is Martian 101.
Martians are not apt to fix something that's not currently broken. And there's no reason for you to go breaking it unnecessarily just because you think it in someway needs to be "fixed" (i.e. requires some attention).
Indeed I am sure he is processing, especially after that slip with the tape of Clinton. However, that doesn't mean he will be talking about it any time soon.
Perhaps he is too ashamed. Perhaps he feels too guilty. Perhaps he simply doesn't have the words to express his remorse. Some Martians have a very difficult time trying to express complex feelings in words. They just don't have the hyper-specialized vocabulary that we Venusians do, especially when it comes to matters of the heart.
I know my SO doesn't want to talk about the EA/PA because it just makes him too damned uncomfortable, and he doesn't want to look back. He knows he screwed up. He's working to fix that. I accept that where he's at.