"Technically I am not still married. I am legally separated. It is a different status at law and in the eyes of society writ large."
Technically you are still indeed legally married; if you had to file your taxes today you would file as "married filing jointly/separately". You are not divorced either. You are simply "legally separated" whatever that means. There is usually no box on all those forms for "legally separated". And if either if you were to get "married" now legally you'd be in a state of "bigamy". And you could stay legally separated forever if you both so choose. And the moment your W's cleavage attracts an OM she'll be pushing for legal D; remember her main unstated goal now is to get an OM (wasn't there one earlier with that German sounding name you gave him). That's why the law of the "gods" trumps all these lame man-made laws that are full of loopholes.
