"I'm leaving. No. There's a possibility. No. Let's be friends. No. But this doesn't mean..."

Mrs. Ray has returned from her trip. She came over for dinner Friday night. We had Slow Cooker Chili. Then we handled some business, and moved to the couch to chat. We sat there. Looked at each other & smiled. (I resolved to wait for Mrs. Ray to start.) I forgot what she said, but we began by talking about how we now relate to each other. Snippets of Mrs. Ray: "We will both grow from this." "I have not ruled out anything" "I have not decided on when (but I plan to) or if (but I plan to) I will file the divorce (default) papers."
Talk about mixed signals!! Ever hopeful, I'm now optimistic, compared with last night. But, my Schrodinger's Cat is clearly in State #2 ("I don't know yet"). In other words, the box is still closed!
I gave her a book I had read, Boundaries in Marriage. I had marked pages that had ideas that I felt were important with little sticky-notes. I tactfully said this exercise was good for me. That I was guilty of many boundary points in the book. I asked her to read it & mark her important ideas. Then we would compare notes.
The conversation wound down till Mrs. Ray actually said, "I don't have anything else to say." (That's a wonder! :) ) So, with nothing else to talk about, I put my arm over Mrs. Ray's shoulder, and we just kinda cuddled for about 10 minutes (who's counting?).
Then a few more pieces of business, like raiding the pantry again, and Mrs. Ray actually decided something - to go home.
[Protest Quotient: Plus 1]