I didn’t hear the term stonewalling until years after my divorce, but in hindsight, it was easy to recognize. A rule-follower by nature, I take deadlines seriously. In my divorce proceedings, legal ...

Stonewalling involves refusing to communicate with another person and withdrawing from the conversation to create distance. Intentionally shutting down during an argument, also known as the silent ...

The second behavior that predicts divorce with over 90 percent accuracy—along with criticism, defensiveness, and contempt—is, according to John Gottman's research and the experience of most couples' ...