Examples of reconciliations from two anti-divorce forums

s........4             5 month separation
T...2                 total MLC 5-6 years; H gone 6 months
m............s        8 month separation
f......m              8 month separation, 7 months of “I want a divorce”
F........H           8.5 month separation (F MLCer)
a..e                  1 year separation
e......t               1 year separation, married 21 years.
s.....e               1 year separation.
c..e                 1 year affair; H never moved out
b..........m        14 months separation
o......Z            15 months replay (F MLCer)
j.............s       16 months replay (F MLCer)
m....a              15 month separation
s........l            15 months BD to reconnection
r...............r      18 month separation; H moved in and out every three months six times
n.........e            18 month separation
2........c           18 month separation
i.........e           18 month separation
s.............s       18 month separation
s....e               18 month affair; married 20 years.
r..............e     18 months from divorce filing to reconciliation
A.....1             18 months BD to reconciliation facilitated by Retrouvaille
c............e      20 months BD to return; 1 mo. after settlement mtg; divorce dismissed 6 wks later
p......e             6 month separation; another 15 months of processing
d......e             4 month separation, another 20 months before reconnection
s......e             23 months BD to reconciliation
m.....r             23 month affair (MLCer is poster's BIL)
a.......o            2 year separation.  H moved in with OW after 3 months, divorce filed after 18 months, H returned home 7 months later
j.....m             2 year separation.  SHE left five years later.
i...n                2 year separation.
p......r             2 year separation. (F MLCer)
y........e           2 year separation
S........9          2 years BD to reconnection - 1 year BD to 1st reconnection; stayed 4 months, back to OW; then gone 9 months before returning home again.
h.......d           2.5 years BD to reconnection
b.........y         2.5 year separation
t........d           2.5 year separation
w.......n          2.5 year separation
c.d                 2.5 years BD to reconnection; turning point was Retrouvaille
v.....a             3 year affair; H had to call sheriff to evict OW
b....n              3 years BD to reconnection; H never left home
w.......g          3 years BD to reconnection
m.....d            3 years BD to reconnection
r.......l             3 years BD to reconnection
g.......r            3.5 years BD to reconnection; 10 month separation
c.........m        3.5 years BD to reconnection; 32 month separation

45 return stories; average time of replay/separation = 18 months