Should I Be Nice To My Spouse During Our Trial Separation?

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from wives who aren’t sure how to approach their husband during their trial separation. Often, they believe that it is their husband’s behavior that made the separation necessary in the first place. So, they are understandably a little angry at him. And they are afraid that this is going […]

My Husband Is Saying That He No Longer Wants To Be With Me, But He Doesn’t Leave

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from wives who are both confused and scared. Lately, their husband has been very honest about the fact that he’s unhappy and he’s beginning to think that he no longer wants to be married to them. But, he isn’t making any move to leave or to change the situation. […]

My Husband Says He Loves Me But He’s Leaving Because He Wants Time Away From Me

By: Leslie Cane: I often hear from wives who are dealing with a husband who is expressing his unhappiness with their marriage. Sometimes, he even takes this a step further and begins to speak of a separation or divorce. At that point, the wife will ask questions to determine why he might be doing this. […]

How Can I Make My Husband Understand The Importance Of Marriage?

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from wives who can literally feel their husband pulling away from them. They can’t help but notice that their husband’s commitment to them and their marriage seems to be lessening. Perhaps he’s just distant, absent, or cold. Or, maybe he’s even started to talk about needing space, a separation, […]

I Asked My Separated Husband To Come Home And He Said No. What Now?

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from wives who finally got up their courage to broach the topic of their separated husband finally coming home. Often, they have to work up their courage for quite a while. It’s difficult enough to be separated and to miss your husband horribly. It’s even harder to broach the […]

What If My Husband Won’t Forgive Me? How Can He Forgive Me For Being So Mean For So Long?

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from people who have begun to do a lot of self-work either in an attempt to save their marriage or as an attempt to improve themselves. Sometimes, they go into this process thinking that much of the problems in their marriage lie with their spouse. But as they really […]

My Husband Keeps Threatening To Leave Me If I Don’t Do What He Wants

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from people who are almost feeling blackmailed within their own marriage. That’s because their spouse has made it very clear that he intends to leave them if they don’t act in the way that wants. Often, there is a conflict that keeps coming up over and over again. But, […]

If I Act As If Everything’s OK, Will I Get My Husband Back?

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from wives who can’t help but notice that when they represent that they are coping well during their trial separation, their husband is more receptive to them. But, when they are honest about their pain, their doubts, and their sadness, he is more likely to back away. So, these […]

I Feel Like I’ve Let My Husband Down And It’s Affecting My Marriage

by: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from wives who have no problem taking responsibility for their actions. They know that they have made a mistake. And they have sincerely apologized for it. But, they still feel as if their husband is gravely disappointed in them. They feel a huge sense of guilt because they feel […]

I Don’t Trust My Husband During Our Trial Separation

By: Leslie Cane: I sometimes hear from spouses who feel that perhaps their spouse has an alterior motive for initiating a trial separation. Often, the spouse who doesn’t want to separate worries that their spouse is only wanting to separate because they want to date someone else. The worry is that they want to have […]