Validating their feelings is not the same as agreeing with them. I have compassion for my wife, and I understand that she felt like she had to leave. I still don't agree with it, but I understand it. I try to see it from her point of view. Yes, it's a shame that things have to get this bad before we realize that we have been messing up so badly.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.
