When I say acknowledge I mean say you hear him when he says it. That he feels that way. Not that it's true.

Because he is feeling like that. And not everything can be fixed so easily or even at all. But learning from it, trying to understand it, and working to make sure it doesn't repeat is just as productive.

Macaque and you both made choices. I don't know everything but you both did. And those choices had consequences for you both. Choices and feelings abound. It is complicated. Very complicated, clearly. Love always is.