Hi HelpHelpDepartin,
You're welcome to share with us on this board. I understand how we have a lot to get off of our chests, this forum is a safe place to share your thoughts and feelings with being judged or invalidated, no need to apologize if you get side tracked. It helps to get it out.
I think that it would be challenging if my ex would want to one of her parents on our dates. He sounds really self absorbed, I can see how it would feel confusing with denying his r/s's with other women, I mentioned earlier that it helps to share, it helps to get positive feedback from others and to get validation of you really are. You sound like you're level headed and I think that you want to get off the emotional rollercoaster. We're here to help you.
Have you thought about self protection with no contact? No contact is really about shifting the focus off of someone that is not respecting your boundaries and it's a setting a boundary on yourself where you take time to personal inventory, to take care of yourself and to detach. What are your thoughts? Has it crossed your mind before?
No Contact: The Right Way & The Wrong Way