I'm sorry that your W is being so difficult. I'm in the very early stages of separation and right now, we're putting on an act for the children but she hasn't even told her mother.
I don't see anything wrong with going out with your W. Even if it doesn't end up the way you want it to, it has to be good to be friends with them. My W and I went to a friends mutual wedding reception and actually had fun. I left her several times to go and talk to people and made her come looking for me. Which she did on several occasions. Not once was she mad or upset that I'd left her but actually seemed quite pleased that I was talking to other people, thereby trying to GAL and giving her space.
