I’d rather not share the whole thing as I can’t bring myself to look at it, but he started out by saying that I didn’t deserve what he had put me through for the weeks leading up to the email, and that my family didn’t deserve it either.

Then he went into the fact he’d seen a therapist for ‘three detailed’ sessions, during which the therapist came to the conclusion (which he agreed with) that he was only in a relationship with me to prove to himself he could love someone other than his ex. And that because of what my dad had done in the past (i.e. left the family) he didn’t want to do the same thing to me, too, so he stayed with me out of guilt.

He also added a few other things, that I can’t really detail here as they are in reference to something I had brought up in the email I had sent to him about a traumatic part of his childhood.

He then ended the email saying I was a gem of a person, that I’d always tried to show him the ‘right path’ and that he believes I’m strong enough to do whatever I put my mind to.

That’s as much as i remember. What I do distinctly remember is how the tone of the middle paragraph was quite different to the opening and closing paragraphs.