Diagnosing whether your marriage is dead or just in a deep coma is extremely important when it comes to deciding if you are going to save your marriage or not.
Being able to define for yourselves what stage your marriage is in could save you and your spouse a lot of heartache, headaches, and money in the long run.
In order to diagnose the status of your marriage, both you and your spouse need to ask yourself the following question: Do I still care about what happens to my husband or wife? Don't be selfish when answering this question either, you need to be truthful to yourselves.
Think about how you would feel if something happened to your spouse tomorrow.
If you think you would be happy to receive the life insurance payment and feel relieved that you can be back in the singles market three months down the road, then you need to be truthful and call your marriage dead.
You are being selfish and continuing your marriage for the wrong reasons if you are thinking this way.
Most people would answer the question in a different way and they would be devastated if something happened to their partner for life.
If this is the case, your marriage really is not dead, it's just comatose.
Kids, pets, family, work, and other things may have found a way to come between the passion you once had for each other, but there is still a spark there.
It may be small, but deep down it is still there.
At some point you need to revive your relationship from its coma or it will become dead.