I agree with you, they're living in limbo but if he is accurate that they're more friendly now, it seems that whatever he has done recently has improved the mood.
Rob, I haven't followed Stuck's sitch enough to even fairly make this comment about him SPECIFICALLY, but my GENERAL observation has been that too many LBSs put too much stock in "improving the mood," instead of in "improving the marriage."
In the SHORT run, it's not not only not the same thing, but it's often the OPPOSITE. Sometimes the very things you need to do to shake things up absolutely DON'T improve the mood.
And sometimes a wayward spouse's "improved mood" is nothing more than satisfaction at having their way at cake-eating.
