Thanks for the comments, everyone :-) ................just hard as we're both in seperate countries and he's silent at the minute.................
just a thought but... 23 years is a long relationship to get over or let go of, you can see why he might be conflicted, especially if his wife is sending him mixed signals.
I do take your point, Nitka - tho he has been living apart from her for seven or eight years, and hasn't gone back to live with her day to day like she wanted....which does give some indication that maybe he's been more ready to finish it than her..........?
I hope he regains some strength after being worn down by all her comments etc