NOT GETTING IT AT HOME? RE-EVALUATE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!

A little over 20 years ago, I faced the dead bedroom situation. In reflection, I handled it poorly, and it went on for several years until we separated, at her insistence. Had she not eventually insisted that I depart, I likely would have stayed indefinitely, or at least until the children had grown. And when I did leave, I was in real pain from assessing what I perceived was my failure at having achieved one of the most, if not the most, important goals of my life.

I had choices. I now regret what I chose. I could have left. But I had two small children who I thought…