The time and distance given by a separation are often ESSENTIAL for a couple if they have any hope of reconciling down the road. B/C they are often 'trapped' in a repeating cycle of 'trying' and failing. They need breathing room instead of lather, rinse, repeat.
So when are you getting off of the rinse cycle? You know what amazes me more and more is the fact that things are so crystal clear in other sitches and we can not see our own (I am including myself in all this)....oh if I could do it all over again! Hope you get what you want BBJ....actually in all honesty, I am sure that if ever you hook up with a really nice guy you will be in lala land for a while after all you have been through.