I can only speak from my experience, but it seems that way to me. My W actually wrote on her invitation only blog that she was considering divorce four months before she even told me that we were having problems. I know that it seems like if something is not working then your W should come to you first, but often she feels that she can't. If she felt that she could come to you with problems and expect to solve them your M would not be in this deep a mess. I know that even now my W tells me something different then she tells other people. One of the reasons that you (and I) are here is because there has been a breakdown of trust in your relationship and that is going to have to resolve itself before R is actually possible.
M 39, W 34 M 15 S 14, S 12, S 9, D 7, D 6 Separated: 7/2/2012 Served: 7/10/2012 Divorced 11/5/2012