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Alex Beattie | The Divorce Planner
SUMMER SERIES: The Slow Fade: What's Really Happening When You've Emotionally Checked Out Of Your Marriage
12 minutes Posted Jul 22, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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If you've been quietly going through the motions of your marriage, you're physically there but emotionally somewhere else, you're in what I call the slow fade. You've probably seen the phrase "quiet quitting your marriage" floating around. What I see with clients who are in this position is a gradual emotional withdrawal that almost always happens after a long period of trying. You communicated. You suggested therapy. You said the hard things. And eventually you ran out of energy to kee...