Thought this might be the best place to pose some questions.

Long story short, W and I separated about 11 mos ago. During our S, W began dating OM, although it was an inappropriate relationship leading up to our S. Currently, we've agreed to MC and are taking some steps towards R.

Is this a true A? To me, yes- we were still legally married and my understanding was that W needed time/space. To W- probably not. She was convinced we were done, weren't living together and married by paper only. I 'suppose' I can see her viewpoint. Does it matter? Will we just have to agree to disagree?

My question to those who have successfully restored their M after an A or who are currently working through that situation - how were you able to overcome the constant thoughts, anger, betrayel, etc?? I've been thinking that I would need to know every little detail, but I'm wondering if that's necessary? Did you take a 'what's in the past is in the past' attitude or did you have to know everything?