Unfortunately, in this situation, you have virtually no control on the outcome.
Virtually no control? That is not true. You have control over your portion of it. It is true that you cannot make your spouse come home—back or forward. It is true that you cannot make your spouse want to be home or make them choose to be home. But you control your responses. If you are reacting, you are not controlling your Self. Choose an outcome of joy regardless of what your spouse chooses or does. Not all midlife crises will play out the same; no midlife crisis will play out like another. But I have learned that in many situations the LBS has the most choice. What I mean is that in the end there are many MLCers who want to return or wish they could and the LBS gets to choose to say yes or no
