Yeah, I hear you that I hope coldness is just the front, there is still some hurt there. From all the R talks after the bomb I am pretty sure she is feeling a lot of hurt from it all, but she's not showing it right now. Maybe at some point she will be ready to deal with the hurt and maybe open up a bit. And yeah, I've read the estimates, expect it to be at least a month for every year it was bad before she wants to open up and deal with it...patience is a virtue and my best friend now, I know, but it's just tough when all this is happening to hope that, maybe, it might improve in, say, January or February--especially when right now she seems poised to just start a new life without me.
Me: 43 W: 41 Together 2009, Married 2011 Sons 10 and 6, Daughter 5 Bomb 2/21/21. W moved out 10/2021