WW-is there hope? Any advise from former WW's

[equalzr]

I can relate to the family outing experience. I get a little overwhelmed when i see families out and about enjoying life together. There is something so innocent about it, and i hate to lose it with my family. They truly are my world. My wife is also obsessed with her looks/clothing lately. Dont get me wrong shes always been a beautiful woman who looks at least 10 years younger than her age, but shes obsessed with dressing and looking that age which seems pretty common after reading sround these forums.

I too was a good(not great/perfect) husband who wasnt without some faults, but i dont think it has to do with us necessarily. Yes we need to be better versions of us for ourselves, but i think these WW were headed down this path regardless. I know that my W doesnt really seem interested in being a house wife at all. Sadly the issues in our marriage were not unfixable, and every counselor, pastor, or person weve talked to said they were smaller issues that can be fixed if we WANT to. Problem was i was the only one who wanted to.

What really [censored] is that it is true that it takes two to make a marriage work but only one to end a marriage. At this point we can only work on ourselves and be great fathers. Its not like we have any other choice, we cant control them.

I definitely have you in my prayers Lane. God has a plan for us even if its not the one we want so badly. We just have to keep reminding ourselves of that.