nice talk.. makes lots of sense about her "having to find herself"... except that there's no reason she has to go through a whole separation agreement to do that. that's major wrong.
also, the whole "reconnecting with high school friends" stuff.. is GREAT!.. unless its with male friends. You kinda hint that you might be worried about that, but dont state it directly.
"recreating your friendship" sounds great.
Doing it, while she dates old high school boyfriends... is just using you as a safetly net, like your counsellor said.
FYI: i dunno if i posted to you about "most affairs break up within 6 months" figure?
The biggest EXCEPTION to that is... affairs with old school boyfriends.
I think she maybe hasn't fully committed herself to dating some other guys yet. If there's some way you can think about getting her to agree to not "date" other men, while having that still be "safe, non 'marriage'" type talk... it might be a good idea.
Gads.. I am so sick and tired of unscrupulous, immoral, "separated, means I can go date/screw whoever I want!" women right now. sigh...
My current status: june 2006. Wife ran out and filed D. Finalized Jan 11, 2010, after 12.5 years M. 3 wonderful sons caught in the middle