I'm six months into physical separation and H is ready to file for D. But looking back, I honestly think it didn't have to do with the separation at all. He just had in in his mind he wanted to be "out of it". I feel like you should treat someone the way you want to be treated. And if it was me, I would have wanted him to let me go, if I asked, pressured, pleaded, as he did.
I don't think there is any magic formula. People just change according to their circumstances and reactions to them.
I would say physical separation gave me some privacy to grieve. I know in other situations it has helped save the R.
Me54/H47 '08 H is "done" March '12 H moved out Brink of D, December '12 2014 totally reconciled! ...... "I firmly believe in the...absolute possibility of marriage renewal." Jim Conway