By: Leslie Cane: Sometimes, when people find out that you’ve been going through a marital separation, they feel that it is their duty to encourage you to perk up, stop being so depressed, and live your life again. And although they are doing this out of love and often have very good intentions, it can […]
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By: Leslie Cane: One of the more common topics that I hear of from the separated couples who reach out to me is that of sex. Many of those folks who write think that their interactions are rare – because they are separated but still having sex. From the correspondence that I get though, this […]
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By: Leslie Cane: It would be nice if your unhappy spouse would be one hundred percent forthcoming about how he is feeling and about what his marital intentions are moving forward. Often though, you don’t get this type of complete disclosure. Instead, you get a spouse who is telling you that he needs space and […]
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By: Leslie Cane: Sometimes, when we get what we have wanted for such a long time, it isn’t exactly how we envisioned it. This is fine if we’re talking about an object or something that isn’t life altering. But when it is our marriage that we are talking about, missing your target can be of […]
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By: Leslie Cane: Separated wives often complain that their husband is being elusive about his reason for wanting to separate. Many husbands will only give you very vague reasons – like “being unhappy” – for needing time away. As frustrating as this lack of information is, such vague reasoning seems to imply that all the […]
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By: Leslie Cane: I often hear from wives whose suspect that their husband is having a midlife crisis. Actually, that sentence is misleading because wives most definitely can have a midlife crisis also. But for whatever reason, it is mostly wives who I hear from. Many have tried any number of things to get their […]
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By: Leslie Cane: If you would have told me at the start of my martial separation that I was really lucky to have it, I never would have believed you. In my mind, the separation was one of the worst experiences of my life – and was the opposite of lucky. However, once I started […]
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By: Leslie Cane: If I were to ask most people to envision the process of fixing a marriage, I think that many would describe a very lengthy and painful process which requires both spouses be present and motivated. Most people picture two spouses in a counseling room over and over again over a long period […]
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By: Leslie Cane: It’s normal to fear the worst when you’re facing or in the middle of a marital separation. Even when people are reassuring you that it’s probably going to be OK and even when you hear of people who reconciled shortly after their separation, you may expect that you are going to fare […]
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By: Leslie Cane: I have found that people’s behavior during a trial separation can often go into one of two categories. There are those who are on their absolute best behavior. And those who are on their absolute worst behavior. I suppose you could argue that there is a second category for people who fluctuate […]
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