I've heard some people say that separation made things harder, and I've heard others say separation helped them. I know that when my 3 children were young, I needed my husband to help deal with them. And you have 5 young children. I suggest you refuse to discuss the relationship. You cannot fix this yourselves, and in one month you will devote an entire weekend to it. For now, you need to just cooperate and get along. Decisions can be made after Retrouvaille.
