Originally Posted by FireSprite

IMO, Yes. Sometimes codependency even masquerades as love; especially after many, many years of the same cycle.

Oh Abelle, this is the "Stuff" that makes this all so hard - if it were always a big, grand, obvious event that we could point at & say "There - that's why!" it'd be so much easier for all of us.

I had NO doubt he would be calling back today - he's testing your boundaries to see how soft & permeable they are.