. If he is going to kill people and plot to harm others, Belle setting boundaries and limiting or cutting off access to her and their child is called being responsible
To play devil’s advocate, though, is he planning to do that? Because he said that he could be a better man, but not different. I take that to mean he’d stop killing the peasants. Did she give him a chance or just demand a change in behavior and when her demands were unanswered, she withheld affection, support, and acceptance. I think the problem is that we often have a hard time rationalizing this Belle with “I love him. All of him, even the parts that belong to the darkness.” I don’t blame Belle for wanting to protect herself and her son but she’s apparently ALWAYS known what sort of depravity Rumple could sink–torturing Robin, using a baby for his own agenda, ect–and still that never stopped her from loving him, fighting for him, advocating for him, or wanting to be with him. I don’t want to say mixed signals but…mixed signals.
These two need to flipping TALK not just act. It’s one of the biggest flaws of this show–no one actually talks, really sits down and discusses much. Conversations that are needed get reduced to one scene or not at all.