My husband is not the typical abuser. It has taken him over 2 weeks to even admit he was abusive and then apologize for it. This happened today........no hug, no sincerity, no promise not to do it again. He immediately followed that by saying I'm going to town and left for over 4 hours. When he returned he was aloof and didn't want to talk.

My son suggested maybe he was in denial all this time and now is ashamed??? All I know is that I'm very down because I thought we had gotten past this kind of stuff.