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Hi.
I'm starting to think that my wife's age - in particular the onset of the menopause - could be a contributory factor to our situation.
If you research it online a bit the link with broken marriages is quite staggering. I think something like 90% of divorces are initiated by women in their 40s and 50s and 60s and the rate of a marriage failing to survive menopause is something like 60%. That's a terrifying statistic and by the looks of it most of us blokes are completely unprepared.
Is it just me on the site with a wife at this dangerous stage?
Dan
Maybe it is or maybe it isn't. Even if it is, you have to be careful, i.e., some guys would be naive enough to mention that to her which is unlikely to do them any favours.
Do you know she has started the menopause? If you don't know that for sure, I would tread really carefully with that as it has the potential to be very insulting.
What issues do you have going on? I'm not familiar with your situation.......
Update to my previous post. I've just re read your original thread - apologies I didn't make the connection with your username.
I think you need to focus on going forward in whatever form that might take. I don't think this could all be due to menopause and I think in the situation you're in, if you did ask that, you wouldn't help yourself at all!
Hello guys and thanks for the replies. I didn't think anybody had got back on it so I didn't check.
I am seriously ahead of you about not insulting her by mentioning it. But in fact it's she who has been mentioning it quite a lot in recent months and I was in the room when she was watching a TV programme about it less than a month ago .
If anything I'm guilty of not listening hard enough and seriously underestimating its importance. I think she would be interested in those Chinese medicine helps if things pick up. Both of us tend towards 'alternative' and 'complementary' methods than NHS drugs.
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