- One of the biggest reasons women leave their husbands is that the marriage has taken a backseat to other commitments, despite their nagging.
- Women who are unhappy in their marriages often don’t realize that nagging their spouse backfires.
- Men often genuinely change after divorce and make great second husbands.
For the past two decades, I have devoted myself to helping couples work out their differences in order to keep their marriages and families together. This marriage-saving passion is not based on religious beliefs, nor do I think that divorce is morally wrong. My divorce-busting bias is simply based on my firm conviction that the vast majority of problems that people are experiencing when they consider divorce are, without question, solvable.
Over the years, I’ve had countless experiences of helping near-the-brink couples reinvest in their marriages and fall back in love again. That being said, there is one particular situation that I find particularly challenging: The Walkaway Wife Syndrome.
Do you know that two-thirds of all the divorces that are filed in our country are filed by women? This is not to say that women take their commitment to their marriages lightly. They don’t. Most believe that they have tried everything humanly possible to turn things around before throwing in the towel. Nonetheless, women are walking away from their marriages in droves. Why? Although there are a variety of reasons that might account for this mass exiting, there is one that, in my mind, stands out above the rest.
When a marriage lacks connection
During the early years of marriage, a woman tends to be the emotional caretaker of her relationship. She makes certain her marriage remains a priority, insisting on quality time together, meaningful conversation, and shared activities.
