> Where you see "refusing to engage with him emotionally", I see her simply declining to respond to his drama with counter-drama of her own. Here's another vie

> Where you see "refusing to engage with him emotionally", I see her simply declining to respond to his drama with counter-drama of her own. Here's another view: he never wanted to leave her, he simply wanted some excitement and passion back in his life. Maybe he wanted to simply see that his wife really still had deep, romantic feelings for him. If it takes a loud, screaming argument to bring that about, then so be it. She came across to me as hyper-controlling and robotic. Her descriptions of there life seem like it's all really dull, but satisfactory to her. I didn't see anything about him expressing what he wants and her responding to that.