Hannah, That's it!! I must have a deadly, contagious disease!! How did I not know?
None of our friends or family knows, so I have to act like everything's just great... You mentioned the holidays: that's a particularly bad time in our house because on the holidays, as a police officer he was always dealing with dangerous domestic violence cases & then somebody was always turning up dead. I have no problem understanding his Scrooge behavior; however, I cannot get him to understand that's gone now-- he's safe here. I did get him to stop watching the news-- baby steps.

What did you mean about him leaving & his behavior? (I joined in late...) There's a reason that I ask.