Hi John,

I’m wondering if your wife would consider going with you to marriage counseling.

From what you have said here, it sounds like your wife is unhappy, and thinks it’s your marriage that is making her unhappy.  When you say she “stares off into space,” I wonder if she might be depressed.

I would encourage to maintain your resolve to fight for your marriage because it seems a few other stones need to be turned over before jumping to the conclusion that the marriage itself is the problem.

Wishing you peace,

Airene