Also wondering if there's ever an instance where a WAW (or whatever mine is in this instance) just up and decided, nah, I'm out?

As I've outlined in the thread, there definitely has been positive movement and baby steps, but the story I tell myself in my head is that she's inches away from walking. Granted, she just told me 5 days ago, I have had numerous opportunities when things were really bad just to walk away from this M, why would I do that now (she even threw in, it's not like we are walking around the house all miserable?

Me: 44
Her: 42
T: 22, M: 20
D:18, S:16, S:11
Sep: 6 months in 2002
Sep again: March 15, 2015 (5 months)
WAW talk again: January 21, 2019