She wants to do co-parenting counselling, not 'marriage counselling'. My W told me the same thing. If you feel that you both need to figure out how to communicate better, then go for the co-parenting counselling. But, don't hold any expectations about the MR. That requires a commitment to work on the MR and seeing a MC specifically for that.

I told my W that if she thinks we need co-parenting counselling, I am happy to attend, but I don't think we need that to figure out how to raise the kids.

She is bad at following through on things, so if she really wants it, let's see if she figures it out.

About her moving back home - will it basically be an in-house separation? If so, I would highly recommend you don't do that. In my sitch, if W told me she wants to live together again, at any point in time and not just right now, I would need certain things to me be met from her - IC for herself, MC sessions before I would consider moving back in.

I don't think her moving back in without committing to doing the hard work is a serious sign of recon, but maybe some folks who have been here longer can tell otherwise.


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