Yes and no.

In the end, it is their path to walk and they make their own choices. I believe that other people can say or do things that have a positive or negative effect, but I believe that it is not usually deliberate attempts to change them that have the biggest effect, but random comments that happen to strike them at a receptive moment.


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