In his original post it didn't sound like she asked him. It sounded more like she told him.
Which just goes to show you that I'm still struggling with anger and detachment. I wrote the initial post and (perhaps subconsciously) made her out to be the bad guy, which in this situation she really wasn't.
M46 W48 M11 T14 S11 D8 BD: 2016/05/27 In-home separation: 2016/11/23 Nesting: 2017/06/11 W moves out: 2018/01/07 W goes public with OM: 2018/07/12 I ask for a divorce: 2018/12/14