In my W's case, I believe she doesn't want to lead me on. I've been out of the house five months but on four separate occasions asked about counseling, or a marriage class.
So I never really stopped pursuing. A DB counselor -- Dottie -- told me since my W first mentioned divorce five years ago that she's been mulling this over for years so it's going to take a long time for her to miss me or think of changing.
The last rebuff of a request for counseling was so cold-hearted it actually did me a lot of good. I feel I was finally able to emotionally let go. I've had almost no emotional pangs of pain since the day after that conversation.
Of course, it's only been a week. I'm sure there's other shoes to drop.
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