yeah. takes two to tango, i guess. if you weren't similarly willing and able to listen to how he felt about you (e.g., the things about you that he might not have been happy with) and you weren't able or willing to look at better communication and at comprimise and at really working on that emotional intimacy...

then one can of course split and run.

i guess one might be happier with someone else for a time.

my experience of life tends to be that we relive the same patterns over and over and over unless we are prepared to look at our role in maintaining them.

my father has been married three times. and you know what? my stepmother is remarkably like my mother in a lot of ways. of course my father will never admit that...

but yeah... emotional intimacy.

or not.

as the case may be.