re: How do people cope with separation or divorce?

I haven’t been divorced and can only speak to my brother’s experience.

They had a kid together so communication had to happen regularly and that helped a ton IMO. He never had that “missing you” aspect much, and was regularly reminded why they divorced. Ha. Having said that they got along very well after not having to live together.

Just remember there’s a reason it didn’t work out and life’s too short to be in a miserable situation just due to a perception of codependency.