I also wanted to clearify something about the so-called separation I referred to when we had been married about a year. It lasted one week and between the pressure from him, my dad, and some others, I finally reluntantly went back to him. I was not ready for it and did not want to but felt "duty bound" to do it. But that was the only time I left him.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!