Actually Musclegal, It is Future who you have a little bit in common with more than his wife.. For one thing, your were both the BS. Your spouses were both the WS.
He has spent all HIS time focused on his wife and not him. She has been focused on herself for quite some time now. It is Future that should be thinking like you are and "not wanting to lose himself now". NOT his wife.
So maybe it is FUTURE that needs some space to get himself back and to get some hobbies and spend time with friends... Like what you are saying. IF he is observing correctly then he would be observing that both you and his wife are wanting space which proves that the one wanting space is the one getting pursued.
It is NOT a good sign for the new man you are seeing when you are saying you are "dreading" him calling... I wouldn't want to be with any woman if I knew she had said something like that about me. I don't want any woman dreading my call. It would tell me all I need to know. She doesn't like me enough. I have never dreaded a call from a woman UNLESS I didn't have the right feelings for her. Never.
When the feelings are right you don't dread a call from the one you like. ESPECIALLY YOUR SPOUSE. Tis isn't just some new girl he is just starting to see. She isn't being honest. There is something else going on.