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After ten years of marriage your spouse tells you they've fallen out of love with you, what do you do?
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November 29, 2009 11:30 PM
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There is no easy or sure-fire answer. It's also not something that will be easy to hear.
The first step to take, is to talk. Are they saying this because they are unhappy with how your relationship is now? Is it because they are looking to other people and have interests in someone else?
Ten years is a long time, and you both have certainly changed. It's possible that you've grown apart or grown up, and they are feeling disconnected from you. With work and children, stress always will factor into a relationship.
If in fact, they are certain that the feelings they had for you are gone, then you need to take care of yourself. As much as we can love and want to be with that person, if they aren't feeling the same way, we have to let them go. Holding on and tormenting yourself will end in disaster. It always does. You need to find your self worth and your strength. Regardless of where they go, you need to find your own direction. Just because you are no longer traveling life's adventure with them, doesn't mean your own adventure stops. You are simply taking a different road. And most times, that road leads to something much better.
Yes, you will miss them. Yes it will be hard. And yes you will blame yourself. You'll want to beg them to stay. You'll most likely cry for quite a while.
But then, you have to continue living. Focus on experiencing life, and making an impact for yourself.
You have loved, and you have lost. But you have not failed. Failing at love is only never trying. Think about it like this. If you knew 10 years ago, that they would leave 10 years later, would you still have gotten married? Would you take the 10 loving years, knowing that it all will be gone? I would. Yes, it is best to love, and lose, then to never have loved at all.
After talking you may also find that while the passionate "in love" stage is over, their "out of love" feelings are due to a distance between you, for whatever reason.
As a couple, you must ALWAYS make time to be a couple. Without the kids, the household stress, and other similar factors that cause many couples to "grow apart". Sometimes we become comfortable with our spouse, and stop trying, stop the compliments, the thank you's, the kindness and actions that were shown in the beginning of our relationship.
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The first step to take, is to talk. Are they saying this because they are unhappy with how your relationship is now? Is it because they are looking to other people and have interests in someone else?
Ten years is a long time, and you both have certainly changed. It's possible that you've grown apart or grown up, and they are feeling disconnected from you. With work and children, stress always will factor into a relationship.
If in fact, they are certain that the feelings they had for you are gone, then you need to take care of yourself. As much as we can love and want to be with that person, if they aren't feeling the same way, we have to let them go. Holding on and tormenting yourself will end in disaster. It always does. You need to find your self worth and your strength. Regardless of where they go, you need to find your own direction. Just because you are no longer traveling life's adventure with them, doesn't mean your own adventure stops. You are simply taking a different road. And most times, that road leads to something much better.
Yes, you will miss them. Yes it will be hard. And yes you will blame yourself. You'll want to beg them to stay. You'll most likely cry for quite a while.
But then, you have to continue living. Focus on experiencing life, and making an impact for yourself.
You have loved, and you have lost. But you have not failed. Failing at love is only never trying. Think about it like this. If you knew 10 years ago, that they would leave 10 years later, would you still have gotten married? Would you take the 10 loving years, knowing that it all will be gone? I would. Yes, it is best to love, and lose, then to never have loved at all.
After talking you may also find that while the passionate "in love" stage is over, their "out of love" feelings are due to a distance between you, for whatever reason.
As a couple, you must ALWAYS make time to be a couple. Without the kids, the household stress, and other similar factors that cause many couples to "grow apart". Sometimes we become comfortable with our spouse, and stop trying, stop the compliments, the thank you's, the kindness and actions that were shown in the beginning of our relationship.
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November 28, 2009 12:46 AM
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Let them go. "Bye! Loved you! Be seeing you!"
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Enroll in counseling, if they go with you - great. If not, get the help you need to adjust.
Best time to go is when you're on good terms with each other. Fighting over it will just makes resentments and scars.
For some people taking a break from each other is the answer but some people can't handle the separation or the thought of the other person being with other people.
The person who has "quit" the relationship should be the one to leave and find their own place to live. That's pretty much a given unless you have a prenup that says otherwise.
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Too simple? Hard to do?
Enroll in counseling, if they go with you - great. If not, get the help you need to adjust.
Best time to go is when you're on good terms with each other. Fighting over it will just makes resentments and scars.
For some people taking a break from each other is the answer but some people can't handle the separation or the thought of the other person being with other people.
The person who has "quit" the relationship should be the one to leave and find their own place to live. That's pretty much a given unless you have a prenup that says otherwise.
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November 28, 2009 04:00 AM
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After 10 years of marriage and my spouse will tell me that he is fallen out of love with me I will ask what are the reasons. I have to know what made him fall out of love with me. The least I can ask from him would be honesty and so I would accept whatever he has to say.
I am a Catholic by faith and I believe that I have to do something to save our marriage especially if I love him very much. I know my pride takes a big blow from this information but I will ask him if he would be interested in marriage counseling or marriage encounter seminar. If he is willing then I will ask him that we should join one.
If in spite of all this he still lost interest and I can clearly feel he no longer love me then and if he insist that there was nothing I have done to make him feel that way, I will accept that. At least I know that I did my best as a wife. The next thing I will do is to set him free. If I love him and he doesn't reciprocate the feeling it would only hurt me more if I keep on holding on to someone who no longer cares.
If I still love him I would like him to be happy above everything else including my feeling. For love is not selfish, it is unconditional and full of patience and understanding.
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I am a Catholic by faith and I believe that I have to do something to save our marriage especially if I love him very much. I know my pride takes a big blow from this information but I will ask him if he would be interested in marriage counseling or marriage encounter seminar. If he is willing then I will ask him that we should join one.
If in spite of all this he still lost interest and I can clearly feel he no longer love me then and if he insist that there was nothing I have done to make him feel that way, I will accept that. At least I know that I did my best as a wife. The next thing I will do is to set him free. If I love him and he doesn't reciprocate the feeling it would only hurt me more if I keep on holding on to someone who no longer cares.
If I still love him I would like him to be happy above everything else including my feeling. For love is not selfish, it is unconditional and full of patience and understanding.
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November 29, 2009 10:42 PM
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I would have you both get energy clearing and see if that changes the feelings....
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