Leaving temporarily?

Has anyone just upped and left their spouse after an argument?
I have considered it many times when feeling bleak and desperate.

I could simply tell him i''ve had enough and leave our joint-owned family home and rent a room - at least for a while, as I have had enough of my OH''s critisism/irritability/negativity and controlling behaviour. We''ve been married 22 years and I am now 52.
I know others on the forum have posted about leaving the home and it''s effects on future divorce etc, but we have no children,so most of the advice is not aimed at this situation.
I just don''t want to spend the rest of my life walking on eggshells, but am not ready to go all out to ask for a divorce..
Has anyone else moved out and found that it helped their relationship get on a more even footing?
thanks

I advise against it. You may not get back in and he has no reason to sell.

Start the divorce. And get the finances sorted. Living the way you are is no fun and if there is no light at the end of the tunnel then its even more unbearable.

What I did was this though. And I lived like this for 11 months.

I moved into the garage. Yes it was a normal garage. And in there I had all my stuff. I used the house for cooking and washing etc. I am not suggesting you move into a shed. But I am suggesting that seeing as there is just the two of you, occupy one of the rooms. Have all yr stuff in there and lock it all the time. And live in there. Not coming out only to leave the house for work etc. That way, your not in his face and he isnt in yours. In the meantime, start the divorce. Get this over with and done. C.

thanks for your advice Marshy, hadn''t thought about options for staying in the house!
It''s a small 2 bed bungalow - we already sleep in different bedrooms.

If we have to be separated for 2 or 5 years in order to divorce, (ie not go through the UB route),would doing what you suggest count as separation?
Hope all is ok for you now

Connie