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Choosing to get a divorce can be a very big decision. Just like getting married changed your life, getting divorced can have the same type of impact. Knowing this, it’s important that you’re absolutely sure that this path is the one you want to go down. To ensure you’re ready for all a divorce will mean for you, you may want to exhaust all your other options before you choose to end your marriage. To help with this, here are three things you may want to try before calling up an attorney and getting a divorce.
Start With A Clean Slate
Most couples who choose to get divorced have been trudging through a rough marriage for quite some time. During these months or years of struggle, there have likely been a lot of hurt feelings, misunderstandings, failures, and grudges. But if you want to be able to move past these events, you have to be able to let go of them. To start on this process, Dr. Susan Heitler, a contributor to Psychology Today, suggests that you and your spouse create lists of the things you’ve been holding onto, deal with those things together, and choose to get past them once and for all. Only when you’re working with a clean slate and not fighting an uphill battle can most marriages hope to be salvaged.
Get Some Space
Sometimes, the best thing you can do for your relationship is find a way to get a little space and gain some perspective. According to Mariss Gold, a contributor to Women’s Day, taking the time to retreat from your spouse for a period of time could reopen your mind about what you love and miss about them. This simulated separation might just show you that you actually may enjoy your life with your spouse when you choose to be happy and love one another rather than focusing on the negatives. After all, we’ve all heard that distance makes the heart grow fonder, so it may be time to put that theory to the test.
Visit A Therapist
If you and your spouse need help working through your problems, you may want to consider visiting a therapist before you call your marriage quits. Brittany Wong, a contributor to the Huffington Post, shares that while therapists can’t help all marriages or answer every marriage problem, they can help you gain some insight into your marriage and help you find solutions to issues you’ve been trying to work through. For some, the clarity that comes from working with a therapist is all that’s needed to give your marriage another chance.
If you want to try a few more options to save your marriage before you settle on divorce, consider using the tips mentioned above to discover new ways to try to salvage your marriage.
