Jaycee Woods

Here is a good story premise from a post on X:

“How do I ask my wife, who cheated on me five years ago, for a divorce?

“She’s deeply remorseful. She took responsibility and did everything she could to make things right.

“I stayed because I genuinely wanted to give our marriage another chance.

“But her infidelity changed me. I tried to forgive her, rebuild the trust, and find my way back to what I once felt for her.

“And if I’m completely truthful, somewhere in the back of my mind, there was always this thought:
Maybe I just need to stay until my feelings change enough that I can finally leave.

“That wasn’t why I stayed. I wanted us to work. But over the years, instead of my love coming back, it slowly faded.
“And now, five years later, the thought I kept buried in the back of my mind has become the only solution I can see.
“I don’t love her anymore. I’m finally ready to leave.

“How do I tell her that after everything she did to save our marriage, I still want a divorce?

“- – – From my DM, please drop some advice for this guy.”

** My Reply **

“Easy. Tell her that she failed to regain his trust, which would have required her openness and honesty. Her feelings of remorse were never enough. Instead her actions related to truth were needed but she failed. Trust was broken & never rebuilt by her actions. Her fault not his.”

** Story scenario **

Dr Walton marriage counseling session in which the husband has a breakthrough that he needs a divorce because the relationship can’t get past his lack of trust in her. Having Dr Walton there adds to the conflict by seeking a mutual resolution. In the end the wife wants forgiveness based on her words without her acting to accept accountability. In the end the couple divorces because she is too intransigent to actually act to invest in the relationship.