Wife left me and our kids, but now she wants to talk

I’m a man in my early 40s and a few months ago my wife left me and our two young kids out of the blue. But looking back there were warning signs, and I think she was having some kind of midlife crisis.

- Coleen Nolan

Dear Coleen 

She started going out with her friends all the time and doing less with me and with us together as a family.

If ever I challenged her about it, she would just snap at me and tell me that she could do what she wanted.

I thought our marriage was OK, but we didn’t have sex that often and before she walked out, we hadn’t had it in a long time. It was impossible to talk to her, though, because she’d just get so angry.

I found out she’d been telling people I was boring and she’d lost respect for me, which really hurt. I’ve got through with my family’s help, but now my wife is saying she wants to talk.