Thanks for sharing! Not sure if I'm "ahead" - my W does not think she's broken, but she's at least willing to do couples consulting for the sake of our kids and the relationship we'll need relative to them. At least it gets us to another place to start talking to see what's salvageable even if she's not convinced she wants to salvage (yet)...
Agree and applaud you and your W working to get yourselves to a better place. I've got to hope that will help you both a lot regardless of outcome, and really hope you figure things out together...
We've got our 2nd MC session tonight so we'll she if she's willing to continue. fingers crossed.
Hard to think though how the therapy will help other than a structured place for us to talk. I'm hopeful that the therapist is good enough to help us get to a better place where we can start talking through our issues at least going forward, and I guess uncover any unhealed emotional wounds that are hurting any sort of better relationship. All very foreign to me...
Your point about risk of repeat is the thing that scares me the most. Don't want to patch things up with the W and then have it blow up again in a few years, or worst go through the pain of a D and then blow up the next relationship - either scenario would be most painful for kids and myself. Need to stay committed to getting to a better place and working hard on all of the important relationships in my life...
