My ex-wife and I lived together for the WHOLE process and even one month after the judge signed the docs.

Part of it was harder, but I do think in the long run it gave some help.

When my ex-wife would enter her "funks" and yell at me more, it gave me a reminder of WHY this was happening. It gave me an additional date to look forward to.

It is HARD to live with the STBX during the process. I do not know if I would say it is a good thing, but it is what some of us have to do.

For some people it adds complications. If you do live together, you need to remember what your relationship IS and becoming NOT what it was.

It is a short term solution.