My wife and I have been married for 16 years and she recently told me that she is not in love with me and hasn’t been for quite some time. She says she wants a separation and she says she doesn’t see us together in the future. We have two teenage children and we love them very much. I have realized the things I have done wrong in our marriage (never cheated, never hit her) and everyday I am dedicated to correcting them. She says that she wants her independence and she wants to focus on her career. I told her that I am proud of her accomplishments at work, ( this is a new line of work for her and she loves it ) and I praise her for it. We talk better than we used to and I still love her with every stitch of my broken heart. I was not a great husband all the time but I know that she loved me not long ago. Our separating feels so wrong but this is what she wants and I am afraid I will never be with the woman that I love again. Is there any hope? Can she ever fall back in love with me?

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Say for instance, you’re a woman that just got out of serious relationship with a guy whom they thought they may marry. Only a few short weeks later the woman sees a guy from her past that she has known for the last 10 years, whom she’s never been attracted to and hasn’t seen in quite some time. Broken hearted and angry that her previous relationship has failed, the woman and the guy from her past begin dating quite heavily shortly thereafter, and enter into a relationship that would be considered a rebound relationship by definition.

Why are relationships, similar to this example, destined to fail? What makes these relationships typically fail? What makes these relationships typically work initially and then fail? Is it sex, entertainment, and distraction? Is it possible for a woman to shut down herself emotionally to her previous relationship and move on successfully so soon? If so, how? If a relationship built like this was to be successful and not considered a rebound, after how much time would have to pass in order to say it’s no longer a rebound and is now legitimate? When’s the first reality check for relationships built like? Lastly, what has to happen in order to legitimatize a relationship where the woman is on the rebound?

Thanks!

Tags: 10 years, distraction, quite some time, reality check, rebound relationship, rebound relationships, relationships, serious relationship, sex entertainment