Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
I think that the potential him giving you a hand and helping at some point , is keeping you in the relationship. But he is draining you out of your resources in the mean time. And this is not someone your son should learn from and use as a model. There must be another way. You can overcome this.