Hi Optimus- i can tell you that my H and I were physically separated for 5 months and then he agreed to reconcile. this was evidently too soon. he was not ready yet, now i am back here, as he now desparately wants a divorce. my point here: don't rush it. even though you want to be home with your spouse, if she is not ready yet, things could get MUCH more complicated. if you were to go home with her now, it might actually be harder than living alone. the term "so close and yet so very, VERY far away" applies to the spouse that is not truly ready to reconcile.