What is the right thing for a wife to do when is clear that the marriage isn’t going as it should. Sure there is counseling, but will that be enough if only one of the spouses is willing to change to make things better. I had a friend with this problem. Although divorces are more than common she was willing to go the extra mile to make her marriage work. With two kids and third on the way she didn’t really have much choice. She simply couldn’t risk razing the kids on her own. She knew that it would take much effort and a financial support that she could not muster alone.
But after all the counseling, and all of the things she was willing to overlook, still nothing was changed. He continued to cheat on her with his secretary at work. They had a potential for a perfect life, a beautiful home in the suburbs, kids and were great financially, even in the days of the recession. But apparently nothing was enough. Eventually she gave up on her marriage, took the kids and went back to her parent’s house.
She wanted an easy way out of the marriage. After a day or two she found a great cincinnati divorce attorney who explained in detail her position. He gathered all of the paperwork needed for filing for a divorce and the proceedings started. Curiously the case didn’t end quickly. It was a lengthy process, mediation didn’t work and proving her case took some time. She told me that she knew that the divorce would be expensive but it was necessary. Her family helped with the bills for the cincinnati divorce attorney and the case itself. In the end her choice was justified. The cincinnati divorce lawyer managed to get a great child support for the kids (all three of them by now) and the house.