Fer fuck sake, why is it so difficult to break old patterns with your ex? And the very patterns that eventually lead to the break-up (actually, that's not fair, all patterns eventually lead to a break-up unless you work on them)?

So yeah, I've been fighting with my ex. Doesn't really matter what it was about. The important thing for me was really that I could see the old pattern that I saw starting to repeat itself and that I was lucid and grounded enough to break it off. But damn, it's hard to see this happening again! And what will that give our son? Oh how I wish we could have a better ground for him...