Trial separation - how did yours work?

[FrankensteinsSister]

I'm on the verge of asking DH for a trial separation.

We live in a house belonging to my family, and there's no way he could afford to rent, so realistically we'll have to live together.
I'm actually fine with this - we're great friends and we both want to deal with toddler ds together. Plus I don't work and can't afford bills etc.
We have s box room we'd have to clean out and put another bed in.

so, how does a trial separation actually work?
Has anyone had a positive one?

Yes but I don't think it would work in the same house. My hubby moved out to his sisters for 3 months. Initially no contact except for discussing childcare and childrens contact. The whole idea is to live separate lives. We paid the bills and split any money left over so we could both have a social life etc. Unless an emergency no contact whatso ever. After a month we met and both had missed each other so we agreed to couples counselling and dating again. Took it very slowly. No sexual contact or kissing for the next month and still limited contact so we could still live separate lives. Third month we had actually discussed our issues calmly and found ways to proceed ahead. Now out relationship is so much better. However there has to be ground rules. We agreed no dating other people, no emotional affairs And the family had to keep out if it. No slagging off etc. Counselling was a must too. It really gave us an outside perspective and the tools to start really addressing issues that had been plaguing the relationship. Hope this helps OP