Please reply to this post if you can.
Nutshell update: Separated since January 2009.

I have been working on getting a life, and I am generally not miserable that she is gone, I miss my kids when they are gone (we share custody of them).

Wife and I are talking again but, she is not wanting to end separation.
I have some patience for this but I will only wait so long.

Wife's female friend is a near constant companion. Wife and her female friend watch movies together, go out together, play sports together, etc.

I do not have a problem with my wife having friends, and even really close friends, but I feel this "friend" has become more than a friend to my wife. I am not implying anything sexual, because wife's friend is "happily" married herself.

I feel that my wife's close friendship is hindering our reconciliation, and probably contributed to our separation.

Please reply to this post if you can with any suggestions.


Me: 41
W: 41
Married: 17 years
Together: 19 years
16-Sept-2008: "W: I want to move out."
16-Jan-2009: Separated, wife moved out.
31-Mar-2010: W, and kids move back home!
D 14
S 12
D 11
S 7