| Some practicing family law attorneys will also sponsor | | | | of these will foster a true reconciliation and must be |
| marriage reconciliation as an alternative to divorce. He | | | | dealt with. |
| or she are prepared to advocate for disputes in a | | | | Are you still in love with your partner? Do you think |
| non-adversarial way without the intervention of the | | | | you can get back to the completeness your love |
| courts. As with divorce, reconciliation workings are | | | | once was? If there are trust issues here, you must |
| 100% confidential and the administrator guarantees | | | | work through them in order to have a full |
| impartiality. | | | | reconciliation. |
| If you want to explore reconciliation instead of a | | | | Do the issues still exist that led you to the |
| divorce, you've got to look objectively at all of the | | | | consideration of a divorce? If yes, reconciliation won't |
| aspects that led to the divorce. Please look at both | | | | work without a resolution of those issues. Are you |
| your spouse's as well as your shortcomings. You've | | | | willing to resolve them? |
| got to make a list of both of your irritating, | | | | Can you be intimate again with trust? Are you willing |
| unacceptable, or trust breaking behaviors that led to | | | | to do couples therapy? You might be a candidate for |
| this place in your lives. Next, you can develop a plan | | | | reconciliation and saving your marriage. Reconciliation |
| that seeks resolution for them. Getting help from a | | | | requires objectivity. |
| marriage counselor is wise and worth whatever | | | | Many emotional wounds have to be healed. Emotional |
| expense it incurrs. | | | | hurt, dishonesty, disloyalty, and the loss of your trust |
| Have each of you changed since the time you first | | | | are only a few of them. Can you overcome these |
| considered a divorce to now when you think | | | | wounded feelings? Have the mistakes you made |
| reconciliation might be a better option. If there hasn't | | | | allowed you to mature beyond them? Has your |
| been any change, the same problems will lead you | | | | partner matured from his? |
| right back to where you are now. Perhaps a bit more | | | | Divorce might have decimated your sense of |
| work is in store before you seek reconciliation. | | | | security; it's a powerful loss. I firmly believe that this |
| Are you emotionally able to offer a second chance | | | | opportunity to discover who are you and what do |
| or forgiveness without holding a grudge or maintaining | | | | you truly want might lead to a reconciliation and I |
| a score card? Are you afraid to be on your own and | | | | sincerely hope that my questions help you find |
| perhaps you are using that fear to reconcile? Neither | | | | harmony in your life. |