My wife still feels like we need a separation. She feels that there are parts of me that can't/won't change and that I don't want to address the marriage problems we had before the affair became an issue.
Wow, this is where we are exactly my friend. Only change the 'she' to 'he' and that's how my H feels about me. And I fear he's right. Or what changes I have are too little too late, and still missing a whole lot. FEMA funds too late and all (see my Colortini post on my blog to elaborate on that theory).
Separation is back on the table in Stepford. I've brought it up myself several times, never really wanting to go there, always wanting H to Refute It, Fight for Me, Love Me. Ya'll know. He has never agreed to it, or said he wanted one, or thought we might need to contemplate one, really. Until today. For mainly the reasons from your quote. And others, but I won't hijack.
I posted on my old thread in Piecing just now with a wee update, so feel free to pull up a chair and share some chips and salsa, whilst I may cringe occasionally as the knife twists in my gut.
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Is 43:18-19
If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time. Hab 2:3