I know you know this definition Mama, figured it's good for me and maybe another someone reading!
Denial: (also called abnegation) is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence. From Wiki
Sometimes exact definitions help me. I see similarities in myself because I may feel the same sympathy for him. But that's only because I'm too in denial about how big of an A$$ he is! Also I am too uncomfortable with the fact that love can't fix everything, that this IS NOT the way our life together should've been
But we are taught (as little girls and women) to be hopeless romantics in a way. Eek!
There is overwhelming evidence that he deserves to not only be on his own, but also doesn't deserve your TLC
HUG!