I think people have a different opinions about the rings. I took mine of so that it would be one less thing to remind me of our M.
Your description of your slip injury sounds gory. I hope you are recovering just fine.
It is so hard not having your spouse love you in return. We have to hold on to this unconditional love for as long as we can.
I think your H just needs more time. I cant say one way or the other whether a seperation would be good in your case. For me it was such a no brainer as I could not tolerate seeing her get fixed up to go out on a date with another man. It sucks having to miss the kids for half of the time as I suppose my W feels the same. There is a benefit to W missing the kids - she gets a dose of what a D would be like. She still has no financial responsibility as I am paying for everything.
It seems like you are in limbo land between seperated and piecing. If you have patience and act as is without pushing any R talks, you very well could move further towards piecing. Let your H initiate all R talks from now on. Let him do it on his terms.
I dont think the MC is doing much good right now as both partners need to want to work.
