Another thing that F said was that (about the saving face bit...) H feels that he's been placed up on an altar, and by saying that he has no choice but to come back to the family, is like having a chair to help him down from the altar back to the ground. And I, as the W whose trying to get my H back to the right way, should steady the chair rather than pull it away from him.
I think you are lucky to have a male's point of view about your sitch. I've also wandered if my H was feeling this way...the OW looked up to him like he was some kind of god, as I looked at him as my ordinary, every day husband.
I really don't have much to offer today, just thought I drop by.
M:43 H:37 D14 (ours) D18 (mine) S22 (mine) S18 (his) S: 10/2004 Bomb: 2/15/05 In/out of home Living with OW #4 Talks of D for 2-1/2 years