Marital history re-writing, pure and simple. Sounds like your W likes drama, so she'll seize on a flashpoint, convince herself of how you utterly disrespected her, and toss that into the heap of burning wood for her WAS mode / entitlement.
I've been through quite a bit of what you shared. The resentment at W leading to the breakdown of the M, the little carrots thrown at you now, the wish to "find us again". It's not all bad, but keep in mind a lot of it is simple guilt, cake-eating, keeping you as a back-up, and plain unwillingness to put in the work to save the M - for now.
I think you're right to the line in wanting your M and W, but setting certain boundaries and respecting her choices.
Me 42 W 39 Married: 11 Jan 1998, T: Since 1992 First Bomb: Sep 2007 Confirmed A/OM: 4 Nov 2007 Kids: D10, S5 Reconciled and together again after (alot of) time and heartbreak. 3rd kid, S, born 2 Jan 2010.