Leslie Cane Articles

By: Leslie Cane: I often hear from people who don’t feel loved or appreciated by their spouse. Usually, by the time they are bothered enough to try to determine the best course of action to this problem, the issue has been troubling them for quite some time. It’s not unusual for them to have been […]

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By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from people who are quite confused at to why a spouse who was previously so unhappy that he began to pursue a divorce would now want to come back home or reconcile with his spouse. Often, even though every one appears to be happy that a divorce isn’t going […]

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By: Leslie Cane:  I sometimes hear from people who want to know if it is even a remote possibility that a trial separation might improve the marriage which they firmly believe is hopeless. Often, they truly don’t believe that anything is going to help their marriage. But, much of the time, their spouse doesn’t agree. […]

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By: Leslie Cane:  I sometimes hear from spouses who are very upset that not only have they lost access to their spouse during a trial or marital separation, but they feel as if their family has also lost this important access. Sometimes, it is the children who are feeling the distance, but it can also […]

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By: Leslie Cane: I often hear from people who are already separated or who are being pushed to “take a break” from their marriage at the insistence of their unhappy spouse. Often, what these spouses want more than anything is for something to change so that they can reconcile with their unhappy spouse. But when […]

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By: Leslie Cane: I often hear from people who are considering writing a letter to try to patch things up with their spouse. Sometimes, the conflict is only a small one. Most of the time though, I hear about the conflicts that are large ones. In fact, some of the conflicts are so large that […]

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By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from people whose spouse is demanding to talk about the one conversation that they hoped would never happen – the discussion about a martial separation. Often, the first inclination is to wonder if you can talk your way out of this conversation or at least delay it somewhat. Common […]

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By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from folks who feel strongly that their spouse is only seeking a separation because they are going through such a stressful or painful time. They often feel that if they could just erase the stress or the pain, then their marriage would be relatively fine. Common comments are things […]

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By: Leslie Cane:  I sometimes hear from wives who worry that they are naive or mistaken because they are still be holding out hope that their husband is going to come home for a reconciliation.  Often, months have passed and people start to give off not so subtle hints that it may be time to […]

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By: Leslie Cane: I often hear from folks who suspect that their spouse is no longer in love with them. Sometimes, this suspicion isn’t really something that they can define. It isn’t any one particular behavior that they are seeing from their spouse. In fact, this assumption is often based on a vague feeling that […]

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