I Gave My Husband Too Many Chances

Why do we stay with those who hurt us?

Colleen Sheehy Orme
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4 min readMar 31, 2022

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My husband refused couples counseling after he was told he lacked empathy. I continued in marriage counseling for one. My oxymoron. I wanted my marriage to survive. Even if it seemed impossible.

Impossible excites a fixer.

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Colleen Sheehy Orme
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National Relationship Columnist, Journalist & Former Business Columnist. I cover love, life, & relationships— #WomanResurrected colleen.sheehy.orme@gmail.com