Thank you April for your reply. I don’t mind the kiss and as i am not in any relationship it doesn’t trouble me, in fact it reassures me that he still thinks a lot of me and in his words ‘i hope we can always kiss each other goodbye when it’s appropriate’ Wouldn’t me being a victim imply that he wants to hurt me? and i know for a fact that he would not want to hurt me. I was with this man for 35 years. Our split wasn’t about us not loving each other, it was about not recognising my undiagnosed mental condition and the subsequent events. I get on with my life and certainly don’t want to be a victim. My question was one of curiosity from his point of view – why the kiss? Pops