By: Leslie Cane: Fear is probably the most common emotion that separated wives experience, at least wives who are still invested in their marriages. It’s not hard to understand why. Most of us believe that we are at risk of losing what we care most about – the man we love, potentially the father of […]
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I often advocate trying to get a husband who wants a separation to carry this out under the same roof. In other words, I advocate giving one another “space” while no one moves out. This ensures that you will continue to have access to your spouse, which is very important if you want to eventually […]
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Many wives deny the reason that their husband gives for wanting to separate. For example, it’s easy to debate vague reasoning like, “I just feel we need a break.” Or, “I’m not happy.” But things get trickier when the basis for a husband’s desire to separate is true. An example is a husband who says […]
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I hear from many newly-separated wives who have been married for over twenty-five years. Many never saw the separation coming. They truly believed that they were happily settled, but then one day their husband announced that he wanted a break or separation. Many of these wives are fairly certain (and some know for sure) that […]
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Many husbands who initiate a separation are fairly confident about their wives’ level of commitment during it. After all, it is the husband who wanted to separate in the first place. Since many wives don’t want any marital break, we often assume that the wife will cling to her marriage for dear life, and there […]
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Sometimes I hear from wives who refer to their separated spouses as “runaway husbands.” I can’t help it. I always get a weird mental picture from this phrase. I picture a grown man with a knapsack thrown across his shoulder, slinking away in the dead of the night. I suppose “running away” is a phrase […]
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