"I just got a call from her and she said the only thing she can do at this point is a separation with no rules/we see other people."
I would have laughed at her at that point.
" She also said to not look at this as a failure but to look at it as us doing the right thing for ourselves. "
Tell her that she will not control the way SHE WANTS you to feel and that you are entitled to your thoughts and feelings as much as she is. Tell her that you will not be second place to someone else and that she is free to do what she feels she has to do. Then end the conversation.
Don't be home when she comes to get her stuff. Go out somewhere and have a good time.
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.