Thanks Morgan. I've been following your posts and our stories are similar. He called back a few minutes ago and said I was right, he needed more time, he was jumping the gun. Now of course I am hollow inside as a germ of hope sprung. This is so hard and as much as I try to focus on my D and myself, the pain can be so overwhelming. He mentioned knowing the OW was not a long term thing...I am trying not to read anything into that but oh that is so hard. Thank god I have my counsellor today. BTW - does continuing on with the MC by myself make any sense? She said after a couple sessions if H decided to return she would have to refer us to someone else as by then she would have formed an alliance with my viewpoint which would not ensure she is balanced to both partners. So if I keep her, she really becomes someone to help me through this separate from any MC we hopefully will get back to. Otherwise she can refer me to an individual C. What does everyone think? _________________________ M - 37 H- 40 M - 10 years Oct 06 T - 13 years Nov 07 D- 5 WAH - more recent time July 17/07