Coconut, I was not responding to your post or your point about TxHubby. It's just that different posters refer to TxHubby having a successful in-house S, and it wasn't what led to his reconciliation.
As for my own situation, I was never in-house, nor physically, separated.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!