Some of his improvements are that he helps me pay the bills now. (He rarely worked throughout our 8 years and wouldn't help out financially whenever he was working) He spends more time with our son now (He used to rarely spend any time with him and complain about "family time") He's maintaining a job. Abuse is mostly mental and emotional now. He's only gotten physical 4 times in the 5 months that we've been back together. He quit publicly humiliating me (he used to try to make me look bad and constantly put me down in front of other people.)