Category: Letters to Linda

Emotional abuse is a difficult form of abuse to detect so how do you know when it’s taking place? Linda shares her experience of an emotionally abusive marriage.  “It start insidiously with a withdrawal of …

I have never been happier. He left a year ago. At first I was gutted but then with each day of freedom and independence I felt better. Not having to worry about someone’s moods, or …

He said he would never and he did. He said he would never be unfaithful and he was. He said when we separated he would be reasonable about settling the terms of our separation given …

We divorced years ago and both of us moved on to new partners. Our only daughter is grown, married and has two children. I am devoted to all of them.  My problem is that my …

Not so much a question as a statement and alert to other married couples. My wife and I will be separating after nearly 30 years of marriage. We drifted apart. We both let it happen. …

My husband moved out Boxing Day. I don’t know why we thought spending Christmas together would be a good idea when we knew we were separating. The kids were sad, I was angry and he …