It Still Takes Two to Tango: A Defense of Shared Responsibility in Divorce

Nearly 30 years ago, my first marriage fell apart.  In a last-ditch effort to save it, Alyssa and I went to therapy together.  I’d been doing talk therapy since I was 19, but for my first wife, this was a novel and unwelcome experience.  She’d declared over and over that she hated the idea of pouring out her pain to a stranger, but her hope of saving th…