What allowed us to get to stage 2, IMO, was me letting go of the anger, the hurt, the "I can't believe he'd do this to me/our kids/us" feelings. I had to let them go. Now we'll just see what comes our way with me DB'ing my arse off and him getting his space and ability to reflect (and his IC).
Note, he hasn't said he would go. He said he's open to the idea and OK with me putting the deposit down. The religious aspect of it might keep it from happening since we're both atheists, but the price makes up for that in my book. Don't know in his book, however and he's just simply "not there" when it comes to purposefully doing anything together that resembles work on our relationship.
Me: 42/H: 37 T: 10 years/M: 8 D9, S8 Bomb: 7.23.07 Separated: 1.20.08 D Final 3.19.09 Affair started in '05, found out parts in 11/07. They married 11.26.09