So it is bizarre to think that getting a D will end one chapter in our R and let another begin? Something about this just does not feel final, but feels more like a stepping stone, or a box that needs to be checked.

Maybe I am just hallucinating.

H 51, W 46
no kids
T 22 years
M 17 years
ILBNILWY 2/10
1st D talk 6/10
partial recovery
W files D 5/11
long distance separation 8/11
moving forward on D 10/11
legal separation complete 1/2012