Boy, what a fool I am! I found out that the reason Mike kept trying suddenly to get a hold of me is because he was at the Mayo Clinic having a procedure done for his heart problem and almost died in the process. He was desperate to make sure that I knew that he loved me since I didn’t know where he was and what he was doing at the time, and was afraid that he would die without me knowing that. That’s why he appeared to be acting crazy. Someone special convinced me to talk to him face to face to tell him that it was over, but instead, Mike convinced me that he did love me and would go to counseling with me. So I foolishly went back to him for the second time, feeling like I had to try again. What if I had made a mistake by not going back? Well, everything was fine for the first week and then “love” felt too much like a job. I had started a new job and was working crazy hours, but he still expected me to make him supper, getting little sleep due to the fact that he wanted me to stay up with him. Between my working extra hours (one day two hrs overtime), hand feeding his baby birds every few hours, doing laundry, dishes and feeling obligated to his needs, I was exhausted, to say the least. One night I only got two hours of sleep and had to work at 3:30 am! I thought he was very selfish to expect me to take care of him. What about him taking care of me for a change? And some of the things he would say to me, like: “Can I take out one of your eyes and skull “F” you!” What a thing to say to someone you supposedly “love”! He kept saying it was just a joke!!! There were also personal reasons that I can’t discuss publicly. Mike just told me that if I don’t come back tonight that he was going to change the locks and I wouldn’t be able to get my stuff out. All I really want is my boxes of family photos. He’s very spiteful!