Burg If he's going to shoot the moon why not shoot the whole moon and ask for what he really wants? I don't know what he really wants, of course, but I suspect it's something like...
Hairdog has no problem implementing boundaries at the beginning of a R and behaving in a way so that the woman falls in love with him.
Again I agree with lil in her response to Cobra. Its not about dredging up the past and causing her negative emotions in revisiting the past. Its about masculine behaviors from here on out. Cobra has combined the two, but he could have had success without the FOO discussions. It just helps him feeling his actions are justified and 'right'.