My Husband Finally Moved Back Home. But Things Aren’t Any Different

By: Leslie Cane: I often hear from people who are extremely disappointed with the outcome that follows their trial separation.  Often, they have worked so long and hard to get their spouse to come home that they never considered that the reality wouldn’t meet their expectations.  In fact, most of us assume that once we have […]

My Husband Gets Angry, Threatens To Leave, And Then Suddenly Wants To Reconcile. What Now?

By: Leslie Cane: I often hear from people who are don’t know how to handle their spouse’s swinging emotions and behaviors.  Often, it’s obvious that there are problems in the marriage, but because their spouse seems to constantly change his or her mind, it can be very hard to determine the true reality of the […]

Would It Be OK For Me To Ask My Husband If He Wants To End Our Trial Separation?

By: Leslie Cane:  I sometimes hear from wives who are starting to notice great improvements in their relationship when they have been on a trial separation.  Often, they want to hope that these improvements mean that the separation might end and that their husband might come home.  But they are afraid to address this directly […]

My Husband Says That He Doesn’t Know Who He Is Anymore And Can’t Be With Me Until He Finds Out

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from wives who are getting a strange and disturbing message from their husbands. Sometimes, the husband announces that he is struggling to determine who he is and what he wants. And there are times that he will decide that because of this crisis of the self, he must place […]

My Husband Doesn’t Believe We Were Ever Really In Love With Each Other: Apparently, He’s Never Loved Me And Wants To Separate.

By: Leslie Cane:  I sometimes hear from wives who are struggling with the reasoning that their husband is using for pursuing distance, a break, or a marital separation.  Sometimes, the husband will try to tell the wife that the feelings are no longer there, if they were ever there in the first place.  This can […]

How Should I Spend My Time During Our Marital Separation?

By: Leslie Cane: I often hear from wives who are lost on many levels during their marital separation.   Often, they are experiencing this difficult time in an empty house with more than enough free time on their hands.  And they have no idea how to fill their empty days.  Often, they intuitively know that […]

Has The Trial Separation Gone On For So Long That He Isn’t Coming Back

By: Leslie Cane: Most of the time, spouses who are reluctant to separate in the first place hope that the separation is over as quickly as is possible.  Often, they fear that the longer the separation goes on, the less of a chance there is that they can save their marriage. I heard from a […]

My Separated Husband Doesn’t Want To Save Our Marriage. What Can I Do?

By: Leslie Cane: It’s not unusual for me to hear from wives who are separating but who still want to save their marriage.  Much of the time, they don’t understand how this is going to be possible when their husband doesn’t feel the same way that they do. I heard from a wife who said: […]

My Husband Left. He Said That He’s Not Thinking About A Reconciliation But That Anything Is Possible

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from wives who are trying to gauge their separated husband’s feelings and attitude toward them and the marriage.  Quite often, the spouse who has been left is the spouse who wants a reconciliation the most. And, making that happen is always at the center of their thoughts.  But the […]