TYPICALLY a woman in a relationship that's going bad will emotionally disconnect from her partner a very long time before she actually leaves the house or declares they are breaking up. The time between her realization and actual departure is spent being sad and grieving for the lost relationship, talking with her girl buddies where they all give her support and help her through this tough time. All the while the partner thinks or knows something's not quite right BUT as long as she's physically still in his life the assumption is it can't be that bad.



Once she decides it's time to leave she's already healed for the most part. Being free and having already been through that break up heartbreak she seems to easily move from the recently ended relationship onto perhaps a new partner. The man in all this is just beginning to deal with the demise of his once-thought safe relationship. Regardless his efforts and attempts to fix things or change or make everything all right it's too late.



This is a typical situation with typical people and in no way is meant to mean EVERY man OR woman deals with such things in this manner. It IS however a real and valid situation in many relationships.