Take it from someone who has allowed her H to cake-eat for 16 months and deeply regrets it now...
For her to say, "I don't want to come home now but I still want you in my life and for you to talk to me every day"....that is cake eating. She will get just enough of a "AFWAW" fix to keep her happy, while still having her freedom/independence...
I have been reading you since the beginning but not posting. I just couldn't pass this up. Some friends and I used to refer to ourselves as 'yo-yos' on this board. We were up when our spouses were wanting us, down when they didn't...we let them call the shots b/c we were afraid of losing them for good...don't let that be you.