When To Let Go Of A Marriage- The Dr. Joe Show Podcast
The short answer
There are no hard and fast rules for when to let go of a marriage, and only you can make that decision. Marriage Helper encourages spouses to stand strong through hurtful behavior, but there can come a time to yield to the inevitable, stop standing, and move on with your life. Dr. Joe offers principles to help you decide for yourself.
Key takeaways
- There are no hard and fast rules for when to stop standing for a marriage, but there are principles that can help you decide.
- Marriage Helper believes any marriage can be saved and encourages spouses to stand strong through cold, angry, or straying behavior.
- Even so, some marriages do not make it, and there can come a time to stop standing and move on with your life.
- Dr. Joe does not make the decision for you; he shows you how to make it yourself, whether that means keeping on or finding peace in letting go.
For many years we’ve been helping people salvage marriages that appeared absolutely hopeless…not only salvage their marriages but make them good again…most better than they were before.
That is why Marriage Helper exists (www.MarriageHelper.com). Our purpose is to help couples in trouble find a new way, see each other in a different light, discover a path to love again. We call it the LovePath. Most of the couples who come to our intensive three-day workshops have one spouse who wishes to save the marriage and one who wants out. Nevertheless, we witness 70% of marriages turn around and not only stay together but learn to love each other again.
However, that means that some marriages don’t make it. It breaks our hearts for the spouse who wants to save the marriage…for the children who are affected…for the friends and family of both husband and wife.
We believe that any marriage can be saved. We encourage people to stand strong when their spouses stray, or are angry, mean, indifferent, cold, or any other of the hosts of hurtful behaviors. But we know that there comes a time to yield to the inevitable, to stop standing and move on with one’s life.
The question is: When? How do you know whether to let go or continue to fight for the marriage?
In this program we provide guidelines to consider for all those who think it may be time to stop standing for their marriages. No, there aren’t hard and fast rules. However, there are principles and things to consider that can help you make that decision.
This program may give you the strength and motivation to keep on. It may give you the path to peace as you let go. We don’t make that decision for you. We show you how to make it for yourself. Listen below:
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Common questions
Can a marriage be saved if one spouse wants out?
It can. Most couples at Marriage Helper’s intensive three-day workshops have one spouse who wants to save the marriage and one who wants out, and many of them still turn around and learn to love each other again.
Should I keep standing for my marriage if my spouse is cold and angry?
Marriage Helper encourages you to stand strong when a spouse strays or turns angry, mean, indifferent, or cold, because it believes any marriage can be saved. Dr. Joe is also honest that some marriages do not make it, which breaks hearts for the spouse who wanted to save it, the children, and both families.
Will letting go of my marriage bring me peace?
It may. Dr. Joe’s program is meant either to give you the strength and motivation to keep going or to show you a path to peace as you let go, and it helps you make that decision for yourself rather than making it for you.