“I Was a Starter Wife”: Inside America's Messiest Divorce
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And have lost a child (pre born), I don't understand why spouses should be convinced that the others way of coping is right or wrong. Choosing to be open about it is as valid as choosing not to be. It's a tough place. In our case, it was the opposite and I wanted to talk and my wife did not. Not everything is so clear on gender lines and I hate that everything has boiled down to this. It took me forever to realize that my wife's way of coping was fine, despite all the psych articles telling me it was wrong.
Statistically though, the vast majority of couples will divorce after this.
Sounds a lot like a story I heard some years back when Musk fired a Tesla engineer for disagreeing with him. It's a common tendency, even in a healthy marriage, to want to do this. But it also matches up with our stories I've heard about his micromanaging (distrusting) style of governance. Musk who grew up unable to trust his father. Perhaps this has colored good relationships with others ever since.
Maybe he'll do well with Twitter, maybe he won't. Either way I hope he learns that money isn't everything. That family is more important than impact.