If he doesn't call around noon, I'll call him. Just need to be a grownup about this, right? Stopdog, I get that feeling. There was a period of time (about ten years maybe) when my mother was in remission or something from her mental illness. After my younger sister moved in with them (about six years ago now), she totally relapsed. However, it felt SO GOOD to sort of have a mother for those ten years that I have difficulty just cutting off contact now, even after six years of steadily worsening behavior from her. I totally get those little bits of understanding, especially when they come so infrequently and at such a high emotional cost seem AMAZING and it's hard to then leave the relationship. In dogs, studies show that intermittent reinforcement is the best way to really set the desired behavior.