If PW's H forced her to stop talking to OM and it wasn't HER decision to do so, he would have simply confirmed to her why she left in the first place and not have considered reconciliation.
Let me make an analogy that will shed some light into my perpective: a marriage, in some ways, is analogous to a job in which the parties have signed a lifetime contract. Let's take my job, we are required to work 2 Saturday mornings, 4 hours each, per month. This is a part of my job that is important, and thus I was told on the date that I was hired that this part of my job is REQUIRED. What if I got into a bad habit of going out till all hours of the night on Fridays? If I slept through 4 Saturdays in a row, if I was lucky enough to not get fired, and I wanted to continue partying it up on Friday nights, would I have a right to be resentful towards my boss for telling me that I was never allowed to miss another Saturday? Of course not, the fact that my boss didn't fire me is a miracle in itself, and should be accepted with contrition. How much more evident is this illustration in regards to prodigal, when you throw in the fact that her actions are HURTING her husband that has so graciously extended the olive branch of hope and forgiveness?
Also, being the LBS, knowing that it was the WAS's decision to stop communication with the OP, will not allow WAS to come back to you saying that YOU FORCED them to stop talking to OP.
Be careful of the word forced, it's not applicable in this situation.
Regardless whether the emotions involved in an A is not exactly like falling in love with someone, there are some real feelings there that need to be dealt with...
Who's doing is that? Why should prodigal's husband be forced (in this case applicable) to deal with the fallout of her feelings, when she is perfectly capable of dealing with it herself?
