Dick forms an emotional bond with an orphaned child he clearly intends to abandon from the outset, that's emotional manipulation to me.
God, yes! And this from another orphan who points to the stability he got with Alfred and Bruce as being probably the best thing in his life? And wtf with telling somebody "Oh, this whole courtship's been a scam. I just needed to find out if you were a murderer. But I'll stay with you if you want!"
What kind of a person would agree to that? Even the "only if you don't have any more secrets" is pathetic--the guy married you out of false pretenses and is staying with you out of a belated case of manners, lady!
I can only believe that Dick's hallucinating this whole story due to that alien creature that's crawled onto his head and is sucking out his brain. He's really in a coma the whole time while Bruce fights to get it removed.