Does this mean we are entering piecing?

[Missmeg]

Back and forth texting with my WAS last night. One of his texts was :

"I've wondered if there was a way to work things out the past week or two, but I've been embarrassed to ask"

I got so happy and hopeful when I read this 😅 but when I spoke to my IC this morning she pulled me back. Told me I'd better find out what HE means by "work things out". That I understood it to mean work on the marriage and move back home, but with his mind in La-La Land these last several weeks, he might mean "can we work out an arrangement in which I can date you and other women, too" or something else that isn't in synch with my understanding of "work things out"

Sometimes I love my IC and hate her at the same time!…but she is right. She suggested I get him to define what "work things out" means to him, what it looks like to him and what he would be willing to do to "work things out". Then, IF it jibes with my view, lay out my boundaries about what I would need in order to resume the marriage.