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by Brenda Branson (Hanson, Kentucky) Copyright © 2004   Most pastors and marriage counselors recommend that a couple stay together to work out major conflicts.  Their rationale is that issues are best dealt with face-to-face instead of at a distance, with two people working together to come to a mutual understanding.  This is true in most safe relationships. However, in an abusive situation, it is sometimes healthy and wise to separate, with the separation having a structure and a goal for the restoration of the relationship, if at all possible.  If you are in a 15-round prize fight, there’s nothing wrong […]