Re Lil "Why do we have to go any 'deeper'?" And yes, deeper is in quotes and italicized when he says it.
Maybe because he does not feel comfortable with anything deeper. Like you say his former addiction has him at a less mature place in his life than you are at right now.
Lil, what if your bf had to do all of the things you did for your H for his W or mother. He would be at a different place.
Your bf had a mother to help him out when he got in tight places. Not the character building, do or die places you have been in.
I suppose your bf sees the world differently than you see it. To bf "lets jusr roll along, something will work."
ED, his girls, his XW, and his mother still play a part in his life. Sorry you get them all.
