We have been seperated for a few months now and my family have been hugely supportive to me and helped me get on with life. The cause of the split was down to us drifting apart and not spending time together and things came to a head with him deciding he didn't want to be with me any longer. We had limited contact initially, but things have become a little more cordial and we are meeting up tomorrow evening to discuss how we move things forward.
There is a part of me which thinks with some counselling we could work through our issues and try again (there are things which would need to change on both sides and it would have to be a very slow process for us both to rebuild things) and depending on how tomorrow evening goes, I am planning to suggest it if he seems to be on the same page.
My issue is my family - they have been hugely supportive but have seen how upset I've been and totally blame him (even though I've explained there was fault on both sides) and would think I'm mad to consider taking him back, but they aren't the ones still missing him madly - we were together for 17 years and I still love him, just don't like him much at the moment.
Would I be wrong if we do decide to try again (and it's a very big if at the moment) to not tell them until I see how things work out? I hate the idea of deceiving them, but don't want to have to deal with their reaction until I know if things stand a chance.
There are no kids to consider - anyone got any advice?