Yes, I think she was blown away. And I think you will just have to see where she lands.
You couldn't have said it better about the children. You couldn't have said anything better. And there could have been no mistaking what you said as a "ploy".
And there you have it. Maybe, at some point, the enormous effort was simply too much, without a bit more of an answering response.
This, for you, was a true show-stopping moment, a real 180. I hope that it brings your wife closer. Somehow I think that it will. There was always something un-real about the separation your W initiated. It was like some Japanese ritual drama. It's not that I want anyone to be hurt--but at some point your wife has just got to butt heads with reality (if reality is a goat, or the devil!) and realize what she may lose.
I would like to see her wooing you! I wonder what she will do, and I hope she does the right thing, and shows again the traits that made you fall in love with her.
