I *completely* understand your fear! What you're going to do is extremely difficult and it can feel like a "one way door", but believe me it is not. The fact that she texts you during the day and sends you little jokes is great, and that's why you should jump sooner than later.

You don't have to pack all your stuff and move out tonight -- it's more just telling W that this is what you've decided to do. "W it's clear to me that you need some time and space, and I need to feel like I'm valued above all else. Right now neither of us are getting what we need, and I feel like if we keep going the way we're going its just going to make things worse. I'm going to arrange my schedule to give you as much time alone as I can, and I'm going to start working on a separation plan whereby we can live apart. I know that's going to be hard for both of us, but long term it will either be just what we need to bring us back together, or it will convince us that it wasn't meant to be."

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Married 18, Together 20, Now Divorced
M: 48, W: 50, D: 18, S: 16, D: 12
Bomb Dropped (EA, D): 7/13/11
Start Reconcile: 8/15/11
Bomb Dropped (EA, D): 5/1/2014 (Divorced)
In a New Relationship: 3/2015