Ah, but nice doesn't work with him. It can be nice for weeks and then as soon as I don't give him something he wants with DD4, he turns into Mr Nasty, OR, and this is the most common one, he just says 'you're only trying to get me back' - he is so arrogant and conceited that simply being nice would never work with him.
Besides, after 4 years I've had enough of trying to appease him.