The funny thing in regards to you mentioning that the excitement and honeymoon phase ending in our M long ago, is that if things finally improve and our WAS come back, it will be like a new R.
A new R for me anyway. I have not even held my W's hand for the last 9 months. She has been living her life and me mine, with hardly any interaction. I wouldn't even know anything about her life at the moment (regarding friends, activities, new hobbies etc).