The thing is (at least for me), I don't see it as limbo. There is nothing I can't do (except get married), so, for me it's all a state of mind. I'm not waiting. Doesn't make any of the messes hurt any less, he just isn't my H now, legally married or not, he is emotionally gone from me.
This is exactly how I feel as well, Grace.
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Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy. ~ The Weather Man