Separated but married

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-07-2007
Separated but married
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Sat, 04-07-2007 - 8:21pm
My husband of 13 years now feels he needs space to find himself. That we both need to find ourselves. Crazy, his work takes him away but for the last five months he was away working 7 days a week, weather permitting. He had a alcohol problem in college. Fell back into it and bad things happen. We have two beautiful children and now he feels he needs to selfish. I am having a hard time handling it. Any advice???
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Registered: 09-30-2005
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 10:50am

Welcome to the board mom_girly3,


Are you doing anything to work on your marriage during the separation? Would he be open to marriage counseling? Is he getting any help for his alcohol use?


It sounds like he could be going through a mid-life crisis.

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Registered: 02-05-2007
Mon, 04-09-2007 - 7:09pm

Welcome to the board mom_girly3,


Sorry you are going through this. With drinking added to the mix, have you checked out an Al-Anon meeting?