JP, I think you are dead on when you said there is a place for each depending on the sitch. Every sitch is different, there may be some similarities, but they are each unique to the marriage and personalities. I have decided to take the going dim and not being friends as long as she is continuing to see OM approach. Lol I don't consider that my W is having an affair. I know this started after we were separated for sure and she had already filed for D But what I will not put up with is her saying, "yes I think we need direction and i would like to go to a MC and work on things" and then lie to me about OM. I'm sick of the limbo. So I am going into "neighbor" mode
M 37 W 30 S 7 Together 10 years Married 9 years BD: 12/12/12(W filed same day) I moved to apartment 1/11/13 W and S moved to MIL 1/11/13 Peicing: 6/3/13 Reconciled: 7/2013 BD2: 4/20/16 still working on it