Wow we are in such similar places!!! We both have 7 year relationships with a husband who has no children of his own, if I'm reading your signature correctly.
I could have written that paragraph about resuming physical relationship, the increase in tender moments and enjoyment in spending time together, that just ends when I go home to the kids alone. It's exactly the same as my sitch!!
I too am anxious and eager for him to just come back home already, and am a little resentful that I seem just a tad more eager to work on things than he does.
I totally agree that this stinks!
Baby steps, patience, GAL, don't pursue do 180s. BOO! I wish I could just be in my marriage without having to be so consciously deliberate about everything. But I want to reconcile, I want to be a better me, and when he does finally come home I want our marriage to be better and stronger, so what else can I do?!
M: 48 H: 44 M: 2 / T: 7 My kids: S22, S18, S17, D12 H no kids of his own BD: 7/12/2015 / moved out same day Piecing 9/6/2015 Moved back in 10/2015