Well, Sun, the beauty of it is that H cannot file for a D from me until Aug. of next year, because we are under a legal one year sep. before either of us can file for D now.
So, let's say he tells me he is through, period. Ok, well, then we'll have to ride this sep. out until Aug. because neither of us can file right now. But, yes, I'd be sad for sure if he said this is what he chooses.
To be honest, I've always said that come next summer if nothing were better at that point I'd have to be ok with a D if he filed, because I can't live in limbo forever. At least we've done this in baby steps...first we lived apart a year, then we got the leg. sep., and now we'll see what happens next.
Most of us really marry only once. First love endures, even unto our dying day. And we never really divorce.