I'm not sure I see the disrespect in a request like that.
Isn't the point of a "separation" to remove yourselves from the situation, explore yourselves (and others) and ideally return to each other once you realize what you'd lose?
Some people can do it as mental experiment, calculating what they'd gain and what they'd lose by leaving someone, but others need to actually live it out.
Were I "living it out," I think that seeing other people would be absolutely essential to convincing myself that the spouse was truly what I needed (missed) or convincing myself that the spouse actually WASN'T what I wanted.
Fortunately, I don't need to "live it out" to know what I'd be losing.
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