Jack and Jill

When Jack and Jill met in college, they had thier whole lives ahead of them. Everyone thought thier marriage would last forever. They were a great couple, made a sweet family and endured several hardships together.

However, time and deppression takes a toll on a marriage.

After thirty years Jacks deppresion and pain from a car accident that killed Jills mother, caught up with him. Jill over the years tried to encourage Jack to get counceling, but he refused. He didnt think anything was wrong with him. He withdrew into himself, became addicted to porn and wouldnt even acknowlege Jill when she got home from work.

When it becomes more lonely being at home than it is being at work, its not a marriage anymore. Its a roomate situation. Jill tried everything she could to fix things.

Marriage though, takes two people working together trying to fix things, not one. Jill had enough, after all the years of trying to get Jack to get help, beeing the only means of money, and living with somone who gave up on himself, Jill filed for divorce.

She didn't file because she found someone new, she filed because she couldnt keep trying to save a dying relationship. How long are you supposed to be missrable and lonely in a relationship thats no longer a real marriage. Jack and Jill no longer wanted the same things out of life. Someone had to move on and Jill took that initiative because Jack was happy being stuck and miserable.

In this kind of situation what else can you do?