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My ex wife and I kind of did this. We had been together for about 9 years and married for 7. We had been basically living as roommates for the last 18 months and so we decided I'd move out and see how we felt after a few months. We barely spoke in those 3 months and never got back together (although we are still friends). The topic of getting back together or going on a date or anything like that just never came up again

In hindsight, if we were both the same person then as we are now, I think it's very likely we could have worked things out and would have been perfectly fine (or actually wouldn't have had problems in the first place). However, sometimes you need to experience things to become a better person and change. Without that experience we would have never reached this point so its kinda catch 22.

It worked out in the end. We are now both with different people and I know I am far happier and in a far healthier relationship now. She recently got engaged so I assume it's the same for her too.

Sorry that might not be what you wanted to here but at least that was my personal experience