It is very hard to live with an in house separation.
There are good points and bad points.
If you want to watch TV, play games with your kids, whatever, do it. Whether he wants to or not. There is no reason you can't let him know you are going to watch such and such and he is welcome to join you...
If he does, great, if not, great...
I do have more to post but since you were wanting some vet input on this question, I thought I would give it to you.
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox
