I certainly could. When we were separated she saw that she can't live w/o my financial support here in CA. She would need to move out of state and was actually pretty close.
And she is not willing to leave D5 w/me. That was one of the things we discussed when putting our house on the market. If I have D5 and wouldn't need to pay child support I could afford staying in our house and buying her out. But she didn't agree.
That's my problem. If I leave her it almost certainly means for me leaving my D5 as well. And my W can get a job almost everywhere, in particular in places with low cost of living. But my profession lets me make a decent amount of money but there are only so many places where I could find a job. So in the end we would probably ending up living far apart.
And I'm not ready yet to do that. Just letting W figure out her life w/o me, he@@ yes. But also being away from my D5 if I don't have to (at least not yet), no.
Additionally there is the chance that W is coming back like yours.
Yes, good thought. Unfortunately only that right now.