Team, thanks for the input. All very, very good stuff. I just don't want to get too excited about what it happening. I still have a very long road ahead and I don't want to celebrate just because I got a first down. But, I do appreciate the words of encouragement.

Had an awesome session with my DB coach this morning. Good news, bad news. The good news is that she thinks my strategy for the time being is sound, right on target and has a good chance of being successful if carried out properly. Bad news, she thinks I was getting a bit ahead of myself thinking that I should have the apology speech with my W right now. Instead, I am going to simply work on the lines of communication right now. Over the next three weeks, I am going to initiate brief and pleasant conversations with her and monitor how she responds. If she seems to like the way we are progressing, then I may put myself in a place where I can deliver the sentiments I am holding in my heart. But, for now, I just have to hold her firmly in the "friends" zone until the time is better suited for the thoughts I want to tell her. Time and patience are the key components of the DBing philosophy. It is just hard to wait sometimes...

I did find one thing strange about my convo with my W yesterday. She did something that she has done a couple of times before. She seems to purposely try to bring up that things are not what they should be right now. Here are some examples:

Right after she moved the furniture out she asked the following question on the phone, "I guess the place looks a little weird and uncomfortable with some of the furniture missing, huh?

For the past 15 years, we always take a vacation together to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. This will be the first time in the history of our relationship we are going to miss this vacation. She, yesterday, on the phone, she comments, "Boy, this has been a strange year for Mardi Gras, huh?" She said this just moments after we discussed the fact that we are going to be doing separate things for Mardi Gras.

So, here is what is bothering me. If you were the WAS and you knew that leaving is causing these unpleasant situations, why in the HELL

Me: 39
W: 36
T: 15 yrs
M: 9 yrs
S: 09/10

So you can get on with your search, baby
And I can get on with mine
And maybe someday we will find,
That it wasn't really wasted time...