I think brutal honesty only works in a marriage with two highly differentiated people.

I'm reading a book about passion in marriage that talks about differentiation a lot, so right now all marriage problems look like differentiation problems. ;-)

I'm realizing that some of the issues I thought were marriage issues were really my issues. H has his own issues, but I can make a big difference just by fixing the ones I own and becoming more differentiated.


Me: 44
H: 44
Kids: 20, 16, 16, and 10
Together/Married: 22 years
H announced he was emotionally detached and considering D: 4/4/16
H announced he is going to try to stay and reconnect: 5/1/16