Am in a similar situation timeline as yourself and had 8 years of a bad marriage, can I ask how you feel now that you are separated? I am not sure what's going to happen once i take the plunge and separate, at least i won't miss the intense negativity and rejection experienced to date and look forward to restarting my life.
It would be helpful to me as my lawyer keeps on insisting I will have to separate as there is no love and we are pulling against each other in opposite directions rather than pulling in the same direction which under happier circumstances makes it worth hanging onto the marriage, but not in my case.
