I dispute your stance on reconciliation, RC is possible if given enough time and the correct management of the situation.
Hey Mark! Good to see you on the board.
I think you're right about recon in the sense that every LBS will have a shot at it at some point. Whether or not that can actually lead to a recon process is up in the air.
This is where the timeline issue comes in. If the WAS/WW/WH want to recon, and it's truly on their timeline when that might happen, it's very possible that the LBS has moved on by then. Also, this personal journey that the LBS is going through works against their partner because the LBS is getting to a place where they won't take their partner back as is.
So yeh enough time can be given, but that time can work against the WAS/WW/WH for a real shot at recon because the LBS isn't just waiting there with their arms open and not doing anything in that time for themselves.
I keep reading the standing thread from the MLC resources every so often to just ground myself in what it means to stand for the MR and why I am doing it. But, will that continue for too long, I doubt it.