I bet Michele is the one who could answer this best, since no doubt she has dealt with this in her practice many times. I would also like to hear some statistics about the percentages, although maybe that would be BAD news... how helpful would it be to know that only a small percentage of SSM really make it in the end?

Another thought: Many of us are in our middle years, having been married for a number of decades already. We might be less patient than those with young families, after all, "our clock is ticking".

I can tell you that in my case, W and I have been working on this issue for a VERY long time, and we're STILL working on it, and if you've read my posts, you know we're still VERY unhappy with the sitch. So we haven't even achieved SHORT-term success yet. Sorry if you find that depressing, but I'm somewhat more hopeful today than I was yesterday, if that means anything...



TimV2.0

Me: 53
Her: 56
D26 (at home)
S23 (at home)
S18 (at home)

Formerly Tim47...