I’m desperate to win my wife back after walking out on our marriage
DEAR DEIDRE: FIVE years after I walked out on my marriage, I’ve realised I’d like to get back together with my wife.
We’re still on speaking terms. Has too much water gone under the bridge, or is there a way back for us?
I’m 45 and she’s 43. We were married for 12 years and didn’t have kids.
When I left her, it was because I felt the relationship had grown stale. I quickly met someone else, but that didn’t work out. Since then, I’ve been single.
It’s gradually dawned on me how much I miss my wife’s company and the secure life we shared.
She’s a good person and I shouldn’t have thrown what we had away without working on it.
But she’s moved on now, after getting over the heartbreak I caused. She is, however, still single.
I want to tell her how I feel, but fear she’ll tell me where to go.
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DEIDRE SAYS: Hind-sight is a wonderful thing. But divorced couples do occasionally get back together.
However, your relation-ship did not work last time. It will only work now if something has changed.
Be honest with her, but understand that she may not trust your motives or want to risk another heartbreak.
My support pack, Looking After Your Relationship, should help if she agrees to give things another go.