Patience is a gift you give yourself. It's really about you and how you approach the issue. Yes your W sees benefits, but now that patience is coming to me, I feel so much better. I am happier and more secure. It really is amazing.
Of course, I 100% believe things will come back including ML. But I can wait. The kisses and hugs, I can wait too. I used to try to put an imaginary time line on things like ML. Like I'd like to get back to being intimate in the next 2 months. Those are going because it doesn't really matter in the big picture whether we ML or not in the nest 2 months. What does matter is that she is here and she is working.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. --Jean Jacques Rousseau.