“It can be a really stressful situation. Sometimes one has to put a date on hold out of respect for the other. Resentment may grow from there,” Alpert says.
The Occasional Happy Ending
The gloomy scenario sometimes has bright side. When people don’t have the means to finance a divorce, they are sometimes forced to work on their relationship. When they are stuck in the same house, they usually have to communicate. They’ll set up house rules, and maybe plan meals together. Alpert even sees some couples doing the things that initially got them together, such as watching movies and going out to dinners.
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“More couples are establishing new ground rules to make things work again,” Alpert says, “Spending more time together may reconnect them to their happy times together.”
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