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Michelle

Michelle is a 26-year old lady who was born and raised, and still resides in Reno, Nevada.  She confides that she has been with Luke, off and on, for the last 8 years, and that they had already produced a child, a son, and prior to their marriage.  Approximately 9 months after they married, Luke came to Michelle and told her that he was not happy and wanted a trial separation.  He told her that being married was to too constraining for him.  He wanted to go out with his friends and have a good time, and that having to be home by a certain time, made him feel like he was going home to check in with his Mommy.  Michelle on the other hand was having difficulty being by herself all of the time, and like most of her friends had told her, if he really loved you, you would not always be alone. After thinking about the separation for just a few minutes, she had visions of a different type of life flash in front of her face.

“OK,” she said, “I think that we both need some space.” Her mind raced wildly.  She knew that she needed time to sort everything out. She could now spend time with her friends without having to answer to Luke as to what had she done all day while he had been hard at work.  As if she had time to do anything but take care of their child and their apartment, but even when her friends had stopped by to visit with her, Luke had objected.  By her saying OK, Luke proceeded to gather his things and within 45 minutes, had packed everything that he would require and was saying, “Good-by and I’ll see you around.”  Michelle stood in the middle of the living room floor, too stunned to move.  She pinched herself to see if this had really happened, and it hurt. 

Being that she had been totally unprepared for what had taken place, Michelle attempted to set her part of the world straight.  Luke had gone immediately to his best friends’ apartment and moved right in.  Michelle was out on the town with her friends by the following weekend, hanging out and partying. It was as if their marriage just went away and those 8 years had become practically forgotten overnight.  Both of them had started rigorously dating and sexual encounters were part of their new life.  After a few weeks of being apart, Luke decided that the separation should become permanent, and filed for divorce.  Being that this couple resided in Reno it only took two weeks to get to court and for the divorce to become final.

Michelle felt like she had been in a tornado.  She was still spinning eight weeks later when it was apparent that she had again, become pregnant.  Her doctor figured out the date of inception and it appeared to be Luke’s child.  Of course Luke did not believe her when she told him of the pregnancy.  His first reaction is that she had slept around and was now trying to blame him.  She told him that the doctor had figured out when she had conceived, and it had been while they were still together, actually, three weeks before they had even discussed parting.  Luke became angry and departed, slamming the door behind him as he stomped out.  He drove away from her apartment by laying rubber as he displayed his frustration. He definitely questioned this information and knew that he would not begin to believe it until he saw this child. Possibly, then he could accept this as truth.  Until then, any decisions would just have to wait.

The next problem that Michelle encountered was that she had already met someone new, and was aware that this man was someone that she would really like to see, and get to know on a different level, especially, being that the first night they met, they fell into bed together.  His name was Mitch.  She rationalized now about the whys and the reasons that this took place.Oh my, she was confused.She had not even had enough time to come down or re-group from the last relationship and here she was, getting involved again.As time went by, she continued to have a sexual relationship with Mitch.They discussed at length the dreams that they had for the future, how many children each would like to have, the type of home environment, and things of that nature, and realized that both of them wanted the same things out of life. Meanwhile, Luke had started to spend time with their son and be around her life, more now than ever before.Just before she was ready to deliver their second child, Luke decided that they should try to make a go of it just for the sake of the children.He felt that he owed them that much at least. He had told her that if again, it did not work, that they would never try to “make it” again in the future.