Just journaling about today.....the whole interaction:
So we arrived at the cafe, she looked good, she is so beautiful even in her yoga gear. Started getting annoyed at myself that I hardly ever told her how pretty she was.
First 30 min was nice...talking about what we've been doing, she's proud of me for my new role, shes got a promotion: which she said doesn't come into affect till next year, which sounds like she's not going back to the States as soon as I thought.
She then brought up my email from this week and the phone call......saying thank you for acknowledging everything I did wrong, my taking a look at myself. She is proud of me that I've changed a lot and grown up and can see I'm not who I was last year and ive made changes for myself for the better.
I told her I am trying to get myself back to the happy go lucky, fun cam that she met in Portugal all those years ago. She said, that's the cam she fell in love with. She missed that cam over the last couple of years.
She was asking about our house and her garden....she loves gardenias, so I said hers was blooming. She asked about our small frangipani, which struggled in winter, so she said "we" should move it indoors, then corrected herself to say "you".

She feels all our great times and memories are tainted now, she sees our whole R very differently and always as a struggle. She is still bringing up things that I did 8 years ago (god, get over it!).
She says it was so hard for her to leave the house and move out and she could not consider going back now. Too much has happened, and she doesn't see or love me the same way. She cant imagine being with me again - that really hurts to hear. She started crying a lot, saying how sad she was for us, taking some responsibility for this in that she should have communicated better, she didn't realize i was having such a hard time etc.
I then said I don't want this W, and I wish we could give it another shot and try MC again. She said she's done, her decision is made, she can't go back now, and she doesn't feel the same way about me.
She was crying a lot.

I told her how much I miss my best friend and all the fun we used to have. She cried and walked off.
I texted her later to see if she was ok, and just said take care and I'm sorry for bringing us to this place. She replied with thanks, take care and its not all your fault, she should have communicated better.

Now what? I dont know what to do next.
She said she wants to start splitting assets. I said no I don't want that, to which she said well I dont care when we do it, there's no rush so we'll do it when you're ready.
Well that's about it.....tough day, I came home and a lot of emotions flowed.

Its so sad, as she even said we get on so well still. We haven't seen each other or spoken properly in many weeks and then soon as we do its as if we've never been apart, we're great friends. She stated this.
So then why do we have to do this, that's what I don't get. We are so alike in every way and have so much in common and were so in love. She still has this wall up and now says she was very young when we got together, 23, so what, she was 27 when we married.

Well I don't know what the next move is or what I can do now. Any advice would be great.
I feel like she is so stubborn and so set on this path, that there is no going back for her, particularly when she feels like she does. I guess I will have to let her go and what will be will be.


M 35
W 31
Separated 2/2011 but still together
Ended it 4/2011
Together 8 yrs
Married 3.5 yrs
Lawyers involved 6/2011