This will not set well with traditional Christians but gee whiz! Since we are imperfect and undoubtedly make mistakes in life, we ought to be able to reverse any decisions made in the past that are causing havoc in our present life if possible. Lives are destroyed all the time when a couple has decided to hang in there and not divorce, “as our parents did.”
Get a grip on reality and do a Ben Franklin close on your current relationship to see if you should even be trying to salvage it. In case you’re not familiar with what a Ben Franklin close is, draw a line down the middle of a piece of paper and on the left, list the pros and on the right, list the cons of your relationship – see what the score is in the end