I'm in the middle of my own drama right now and I haven't read your entire thread yet but this has been repeated several times around the board:
Good mood (from a WAS with an OP) = bad for you Bad mood = good for you
If he's down, something is definitely wrong.
Stay quiet and patient.
yeah my waw has admitied life is not as good as she thought but she still thinks it better than out R WTF? with out going into long details its safe to say her new life sucks bad! but i think they get strong willed after all its alot of work moving out and getting to that point . i think many would stick it out much longer than needed. and if they dont and they come right back it seems common they leave again. so I think what im trying to say is its better for both of you if they are gone along time. you heal and they get to see what its really like out there. how hard the world really is. how well they had it. once you get to the point where they have truily learned you should be at a point where you can decide for yourself "do I really want this selfish person back?"