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ARTICLE · 23 FEBRUARY 2018

Post Valentines Day blues for married couples

Trial separations could allow couples to take a step back to reflect, contemplate, and to come to a mutual resolution.

AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial

It's a special day for most, teeming with flowers, chocolate treats and heart-shaped trinkets... But for failing couples, Valentine's Day looms like a dark cloud, serving as a bitter reminder that the relationship is not all it was dreamt it to be.

If Valentine's week has left you sitting on the byline of your marriage, clutching to old memories and hopelessly lost for a solution – it could be time to actively take steps towards salvaging your marriage.

But what actually works? You've tried communicating more, reinstating date night and even couples' therapy... You've pulled out all of the hat tricks but to no avail.

In a last desperate attempt to save a relationship, it is increasingly common for married couples to trial separation for a period of time, taking a step away to reflect, contemplate, and ideally, come to a mutual resolution – after all, they do say that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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