I\u2019m a divorce attorney. In my fifteen years of practicing family law, most clients who walk through my door want blood. They are angry, hurt, and looking to take everything they can get. But one woman came in, sat down across from my desk, and completely caught me off guard. She looked at me and said, \u201cI want to make sure he\u2019s okay.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her in disbelief. \u201cHe left you,\u201d I reminded her. She nodded quietly and replied, \u201cI know. But he\u2019s not good alone. He doesn\u2019t cook. He forgets his prescriptions. I need the settlement to include enough that he doesn\u2019t fall apart.\u201d<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t wrap my head around it. I asked her, \u201cYou\u2019re negotiating on behalf of the person you\u2019re separating from?\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at me with complete sincerity and said, \u201cI\u2019m separating from a husband. I\u2019m not separating from a human being.\u201d In over a decade and a half of handling bitter separations, she remains the only client I have ever had who actively protected the person on the other side.<\/p>\n
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