You wrote a very memorable post on my thread a while ago, about the ocean liner taking a while to turn around. Well, right at the moment my ocean liner seems to have juddered to a screeching halt, cut the engine, and is apparently totally confused about which direction to move in, and seems to prefer being buffeted about by the raging high seas...
As to your situation, which I admit am an not too well up on, but from the info here, it seems that CAW really does need to have her fantasy bubble burst in some way. It doesn't of course guarantee that she will coming running home to you though. My H seems to prefer being angry and even blaming me for things going wrong in his life, or saying that things are being 'taken' from him, as opposed to him messing up in any way.
But if the issue with OW never coems to a head, you may end up in this limbo for years and years.... not a very appealing thought, is it?
My 2 cents.
Livnlearn
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates