A place on the tree
Trying to save a marriage when your spouse won't try
One spouse is trying to repair and preserve the marriage while the other remains distant, absent, or unwilling to participate. The effort becomes lonely and uncertain when hopes for reconciliation meet little response.
3 people have stood here
Does this feel close to something you’ve lived? Tell your own part. What you tell becomes your Ember, and it stays yours.
Nearby on the tree
- Wanting sex from a spouse who no longer wants it4
- Being left by a spouse and facing divorce alone4
- Feeling emotionally disconnected in an otherwise stable marriage2
- Going through an unwanted divorce4
- Considering staying in a dead marriage for a child's sake1
- Trying to teach someone who does not want to learn1
Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.