Brit45, thank you very much for your input. Your comments make sense and it opens the door to more questions. How could you tell he moved on? What did he do differently to show you he moved on? How did he start treating you differently? When you say he moved on, do you mean that he started dating?

I feel I have partially detached but the part that make it tough for me to completely detach is she told me this is a separation, not a divorce. She’s commented about not knowing what the future holds. She seems to want to leave the “door a little open”. I know I am not supposed to believe a lot of what the W says right now. I think she might be confused.

I am really torn about dating again. Part of me thinks it will make it easier for me to move on and detach. It would never be to hurt her, I am not a vindictive person. On the flip side, I don’t know if dating would help/hurt the reconciliation process. I think a lot of people have different views on this one?