The Shut-Out Wife: Breaking Through Your Husband's Midlife Crisis

It is an unhappy phenomenon. A once loving husband turns cold and inaccessible. His attitude, behavior and choices—from self-focus and new female friendships to confusion and mixed messages—can create a divide between him and his wife, making her feel "shut out" of his life and locked out of her own marriage. It's even worse if he begins a midlife affair, believing that he's found new and true love elsewhere. In such instances, it's too easy and too common for a passing midlife episode to e...