"Your honor some words from my client before you render you decision.

"Everyone wants to marry forever. Some are so determined to make it forever they will stay in a toxic and potentially dangerous situation rather than leave.  I was almost that person.  Please don't take my request and determination for a divorce as someone that has not value the institution of marriage, to the contrary it is because I do value the vows that were made that I seek this divorce.  When this relationship started I went into it knowing it involved communication and trust. My husband is not a bad guy however he is not the person suited for the relationship I seek.  

It has been two years since I have moved out of our matrimonial home. In those two years, We have tried to reconcile however it's more than evident that our relationship at it's best is a deep friendship.  I still love my husband as I know he loves me however we do not function as a married couple.  Marriage involves giving up of ones individual self and adopting a selflessness with their partner.  Joy is double and Burdens halved.  This is a saying that I truly believed in but it seems the pressure we both placed on each other achieved only the opposite.  My husband is a truly lovely human being, capable of changing and admitting to his flaws. While we won't work I wish no evil towards him.  I wish him the best of luck and hopefully one day he will find someone that can match his personality in a way that I could not.  He will always be apart of my life as I am the godfather to his child and he will be the best man at my wedding.  I can say in the ten years I've know this man my life and outlook has changed.  He's taught me self worth and I know that I wouldn't change without any of the lessons I've learned."

"Thank you councilor.  I will take that into consideration.  Does the defendant have any final words?"

"Yes your honor. My client also has also written a letter.

The adage you never know what you got until it's gone and you can't go back in time are the hardest lesson to learn.  I had someone that loved me and appreciated me for all my shortcomings and I destroyed that love.  My realization came too late.  Our love was a magnificent shining beacon that once shattered could never go back to what it was.  My husband and I tried to reconcile but once trust is broken it will never be what it once was.  I broke my husband with my infidelity and my callous treatment of his affections yet he gave me another chance. Out of that infidelity I created a beautiful little life and like the benevolent person he is, he accepted my child with love and kindness.  Never once holding my child to task for his fathers actions. He stood by me as I navigated single fatherhood, really learning to put someone before my wants and needs.  Your honor please grant my husband his petition for a divorce so that he can move on to the person that allows him to wake in peace.  I could not give him that with our marriage but hopefully I can with this divorce.

"As both parties are in agreement, I rule in favor of the dissolution of this union.  Court is adjourned"