A, your post is inspiring. I'm taking baby steps to get there. Came home last night to an empty house, and it was OK. No falling asleep on the couch, or having the TV on all night.
My friends and D have said I need to find someone else, and sometimes I joke with friends about it. But I'm really not interested at this point. For one thing, I still want to work on R with H. And honestly, I don't think I'm ready for such a thing.
H said this week that one of us needs to file - I'm not going to, so it's up to him. Regardless, I intend to exhibit the patience J3B speaks of. Unfortunately, my H sounds somewhat like CNS' W. He refuses to consider MC, but yet hasn't shut the door completely on R. Funny, he wants to see progress but isn't sure he can agree to try anything!
I did surprise him during the discussion - he couldn't believe how calm I was during his talk of D. And I truly felt that way, too.