All the best, Rednail! Painter is absolutely right - these people are your family, too, and that they want to include you during this awkward time says a lot about them.
H: 44, Me: 45 Married: 20 y Together: 25 y no kids Walk away: 12/15 Asked for temp separation 12/25/15 PA confirmed 3/16 (apparently neither the first, nor the last PA he has had) H filed for D 5/16