Thank you, ladies, for being honest with Expat. And I especially was hoping you, Danita, would chime in, having known you've recently been thru something similar. This dear one of mine has been the "perfect wife'. Done EVERYTHING for this man....and then some. All the while maintaining some semblance of normalcy for the children.

Danita...what you said here...

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My #1 concern is that his "efforts to change", are really an "effort to keep you in his control".


I believe, is the "nail on the head"...the fact that he is STILL controlling, but in a NICE way! Hog wash!
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