Well Don I said divorce was a piece of paper that get be undone at any time but yep my point works for marriage too.
LH, I agree with you that divorce is just a piece a paper that could be easily undone.
But I think the problem is that there are a few things which prevent WAWs from contacting the LBS and patching things up : - guilt and shame for cheating, leaving and treating him badly - afraid of admitting being wrong - refusing to give the LBS back the power
Personnally I think for these reasons my ex wife will never reach out to me.