At the risk of undoing the detachment (and thus reversing what I am about to say) I have seen many reconciliations AFTER the LBS gives up and drops the rope. Abbey and Minkerman come to mind..SallyM..You might want to check out their threads.
Me-43 H-46 M 12 yrs 7/09 T 15 2 grown kids bomb 7/05/07 H moved out 8/04/07 11/22/09 told him I quit;let's get ball rolling Mid Dec- he isn't sure he wants D End 2/2010-Starting to consider piecing