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[Barrybran]

Ahhh, tax time. What better way to be reminded that you have no idea what the hell is happening with your relationship. My wife has started to gather information for her taxes and with it has come the questions about how we declare our relationship. I have no clue. As far as I'm concerned, we're separated, there's no time limit on it but it's not forever so I'm happy to keep all of our affairs as they are. My feeling is that why change everything now and then have to do it again in 12-24 months time. Of course, there is no guarantee that we'll reconcile and changing info back may be a non-issue but it's a nice little curveball nonetheless.

My plan is to work out our taxes based on both situations, separated and married. I don't know that we'll be affected either way and my wife will have an opportunity to see both scenarios and make her own decision. She did ask me how we go about it and honestly, I don't think it's something I can help her with other than what I stated above. I'll roll with the punches, lodge my return when I can and get on with life.