I got caught up on your thread today. I'm glad to hear you had a moment of detachment the other day. People talk so much about detachment on these boards and I'd like to come out and I say, "just detach" or tell you that I have just suddenly "detached." But, I'd be kidding myself. I guess detachment can be viewed in increments and if you can pull just a little bit away from the desperate need for your M to work out, you've acieved some level of detachment.
I have never detached. I've had moments, especially right after H's Thanksgiving visit, where I started to think about the real possibility of being open to be with someone else. I think that's what you had. I don't mean specifically about "someone else," but just that a tiny bit of you let go, if just for a little while.