It is up to you to decide how long you want to wait for her. You can keep hope alive, but you must also live with the reality of your situation:

Originally Posted By: Admiral James Stockdale
This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.


She is currently happy seeing other men. Until or unless you can be one of the men she is interested in, she will not come back to you.

So the important part is to live your life. When you see her, be happy and upbeat. Get a life and do interesting things; these are probably the qualities that attracted her to you in the first place.

Work on re-establishing those ties with her, but not in the sense that you need her to be with you. Maybe make joint plans with her and the girls, or you might ask her out to lunch or the like -- nothing romantic. If you are clingy or desperate, this will push her away and reinforce that she made the "right" decision.


Me: 44, Wife: 39
M: 17 years T: 20 years
Bomb on 08/25/09
1/13/10: MC started
1/28/10, 2/8/10: More bombs
8/28/10: Wife moved out
No talk of D, no movement

"Every day is another chance to get it right."