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Case Study Abandonment

Still Growing of Florida says, “I loved my spouse and wanted to stay together. But in reality, the foundation of our relationship had crumbled.”

“I was married for three years before I began thinking about getting divorced,” says Still Growing, who explains that he loved his spouse and wanted to stay with her. “But in reality, the foundation of our relationship had crumbled. We were headed down different paths, and parting ways was for theread more

Case Study Abandonment

K2 of AZ says, “I was married for 5 years and felt totally abandoned; I knew I had to free myself.”

K2 says her spouse’s refusal to be intimate made her feel abandoned in their 5-year marriage. “I was so lonely and had gone without being touched for so long — I felt like I was going to crawl out of my skin,” says the now 61-year old, who was 36 whenread more

Case Study Abandonment

J of CA says, “I felt emotionally abandoned by my partner and knew we needed to divorce. But no matter how well you plan the exit—it’s harder than you think it will be.”

Married for 14 years before he began thinking about getting divorced, J says he felt emotionally abandoned by his partner, and spent another nine years in the relationship that ended in 2002. “It took way too long for me to make the decision — 7 or 8 years. I did notread more

Case Study Abandonment

Swallow Bird of LA says, “We lived around the world and had a happy life on paper … eventually I connected with my first boyfriend on Whatsapp and realized I was e-cheating.”

“I was married for 9 years before I began thinking about getting divorced,” says Swallow Bird, who stayed another 3 years, until her divorce in 2017. Although she and her husband, M, were together for 17 years, she found herself growing increasingly restless. “We lived around the world and had aread more

Case Study Abandonment

Aurora Van Cleave of Virginia says: “I seriously considered divorce after 5 years of marriage. I loved him, that was never an issue, but I was not in love with him — and I wanted to be.”

Here’s my story: Married just five years before she began thinking about getting divorced in 2014, Aurora, now 33, says she and her husband ultimately decided to reconcile. “I wanted to leave because I felt like I was not fully understood and the harder I pushed for romance the lessread more

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Stephanie of Philadelphia says, “I felt like he viewed our marriage not as a partnership, but as a competition.”

I was unhappy in my 22 year marriage, I think mostly because we were different people at the core. Although we ended up staying married for decades, I filed for divorce the first time when our son was 1. We just kept trying. I kept looking at the good stuff.read more

Case Study Abandonment

Peter of Richmond, VA shares: “When your wife of 18 years only offers you her reason of leaving as “I am not happy,” it left me wondering, WHY aren’t you happy?”

I have been back out there for 6 years now. It took me nearly 2 years to summon the courage to start over again after my former wife abandoned our 16-year-old daughter and me. I chose the word “abandoned” because that is what it felt like to me. When yourread more