I've now read through several of his posts on attachment, including one about the inner child, and they've been really helpful in understanding. I think much of this is my inner child coming out--the wanting to be "fixed" by MC then being angry that he can't just do that, for example. Which is what kids want their parents to do--to fix things. And I think my e-mail to him a few days ago about how much I miss him during the week and how it can be hard for me to accept that he still exists at other times also come from childhood--object permanence issues, etc. Plus the worrying about what he thinks of me and wanting his acceptance/approval.

So it seems that tapping into the emotions of my inner child regarding MC might be a good sign that I am in fact in the process of working through the transference? So I should keep exploring that instead of shying away? MC does have considerable background in child development, so that will probably help me in working through it--because he'd understand where some of this is coming from.