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Related: About this forumMy niece is separating from her spouse
A lesbian couple; We love them both.
My niece is fine. Her spouse not so much.
It's heartbreaking to see that there are no guarantees even among same sex couples.
I had hoped that, somehow, same sex couples might be more stable.
Sad to see they're just as messed up as the rest of us; Just regular ordinary people that make mistakes just like the rest of us.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Divorce, that is, not involving a same gender relationship, but I'm sure the feelings of failure and hurt are probably much the same. All you can do is be there for her, and reassure her that just because a relationship fails, it doesn't mean that the people who contracted for that relationship are themselves failures.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)I felt like such a failure when I finally said enough after 30 years of marriage.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,819 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)There are no guarantees in this world.
It was a fairly civil break up but I think the hurt was pretty deep.