So at what point does the hope of reconcilliation end? It has been almost one full year since my W dropped the bomb on me. Since that time I have read, and reread DB/DR and put the principles to practice as best as I could. We've gone to a few sessions of MC to no avail - her heart clearly was not in it. My W has made it known on several occasions that she does not want to stay in the marriage. Recently she has started to make plans to leave. We still live under the same roof, but separately.

However I still for some reason have this glimmer of hope left in me that she is going to "wake up and smell the roses" and change her mind. Even though I've tried to tell myself it's an unrealistic expectation. I just can't seem to cut that last strand of rope. I 'm not even sure I will be able to once she moves out but maybe that's what it will take.