>>42383349
one possible way to do it
>get them both to emigrate at the same time
>but different shards, fork husband and wife
>husband's wife eventually drifts away so he feels more at peace to do whatever else he wanted to
>wife in her shard gets to keep living a happy life with her husband who's psychology is more orientated to properly reciprocating
i hate to say it but this has unironically been happening to me irl too. real life relationships and responsibilities are supposed to wash this sort of stuff away, but i guess ponies worm themselves deeper into you