I'm curious what you would do to "console" her if you were together?

One of the things I learned from my marriage crisis is that I was relying on H to make me OK emotionally and I was trying to take responsibility for his emotions and neither of those habits were bad for me, for H, and for our marriage.

Validation is the best response even in a healthy relationship.


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