Steve I know you mean well but Blue’s right and you know I have taken issue with your comments in the past that reconciliation is harder then divorce. You’ve never had to read a note from your child that all they want is their parents to get back together.
IHS while living someone who has a real affair partner cannot be over looked and discounted. It makes it almost impossible to detach which pushes the WW further a way. No one knows for sure but if your W had a real AP and a job it might have ended differently for you. I posted a little while ago you may want to look back and see how long it took you to embrace DB and detach.
Lastly I think Thorton and Lim would tell you to knock on wood because they came back to the board stating how DB saved their marriage only get bomb dropped again.