Does separation help or hurt a marraige?

I think separation hurts a marriage. You can't fix the problem if you are avoiding it or avoiding each other. Sometimes, you just need to stay together and fight it out.

that depends on the situation , some people in marriages who have problems separate to figure out who they are apart from their spouses, and sometimes they come back better then before and the relationship lasts for along time, other times they do not come back at all , sometimes they find someone new , so like i said it depends on the relationship.

sometimes it can help but most of the time it hurt and to the person that it hurt the most it will linger on inside of them for yrs to come. if you can avoid it do so at all cost. i thought 3 yrs ago that is what my wife and me needed but it really wasn't (didn't figure that out until after i left), and now we have spilt and gotten back together 5 different times and this time we are getting a divorce. if you have kids this will have a huge impact on them. so think before you act and seek marriage counseling if at all possible.

i think it depends on the reason for the separation, if they are separated for someone cheating then i think it hurts it cause the cheater is more likely to cheat again if separated, if they are separated for not getting along, money problems or addictions i think with the right help and the right amount of time it can help....

It hurts, you need to stay and work it out, if you can't work it out just leave! I was married for over 20 years and left several times, always coming back to the same problems.....I've finally left for good! And we are both happier!

How in the world can it help? It is just a legal means for people to split, keep health insurance and call the other one names if he/she should find a new squeeze.

It can do both. The two people may realize that they don't need each other anymore and move on. They can also realize that they still love and miss one another and then get back together.

It depends on the situation, sometimes hurt and sometimes help. Good Luck! I would not seperate if you truly want it to work out, in my experince it made it worse.

It dependes of how big is the love...The ditance make to love the same think that makes fire on a spark...If it's small it will turn it off if it's big it'll brust into flames...

That depends. I would never have a separation, but that is just me.