"Several people have told me that nearly all WAWs regret their decision & wish that they could come back?"
Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't Most of the time, the WAS feels that it's "too late" ... whatever that means. And that they'd rather start from scratch rather than start at a renewed point of an existing relationship that has already gotten rid of all the preliminary hardships.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.