♥ separation is never easy. I think you're right to want to establish boundaries and a new normal vs being Friends right away. It's good to take the time to settle into your separate lives.

Also, fwiw, bc I think parents do worry about this: I'm a child of divorce and it was genuinely fine and not traumatic for me. I think because both of my parents were in my life and like... not friends but cordial and respectful to each other & didn't badmouth one another to me.