W is going for coffee after with a mutual friend who is flabbergasted by our upcoming D, but will be a neutral party when we need babysitting, backup, etc.
I hope the mutual friend is neutral as in "not choosing sides" but non-neutral in that he/she is firmly on the side of reconciliation.
I remember reading that a separation is less likely to end in D if mutual friends are pro-marriage. This was the closest I could find on the topic, but the research it refers to just talks about how "social contagion" can cause a mini epidemic of D.
M:54, H:55 T:33, M:27 12/13 BD: EA 01/14 BD: PA, H leaves 03/14 H & OW break up 05/14 H says he will file for D 08/14 H initiates D 09/14 H wants to R 12/14 Still bungling our way through R
