Dear pixie:

Maybe he is manipulative. Maybe he needs professional help.

Maybe he needs a competent therapist, not a wife.

It is probably not good for him to go through this again and again. Better for him you make a clear cut, a final ending, instead of this…

I suggest you end this relationship once and for all. You can suggest to him to attend therapy to deal with his desperation while, if you need to attend therapy to deal with your guilt- do that.

anita