Originally Posted by
NYCDoglvr 
Do you trust and respect him?
This is huge. Do you? For me that was a key question.
I recognized that I'd always believe in his promises to change... because as someone here has posted... "hope clouds observation"... so ultimately deciding that I needed space while he decided who he'd like to be was the best thing...
IMO he can become everything he's promising while you're living apart...and you can decide if you'd like to come back together. If the promises are real and sustainable, they'll show themselves.