“Couples have to figure to get date nights. Another key to success? “Getting quality time together.” Speaking with ET, the actor stressed the importance of making time for each other, away from the kids. “You’ve got to communicate, and stay open and not get lazy. “You’ve got to keep at it,” Dempsey told People. I wanted to get to that deeper level, and not just skirt the surface.ĭespite their successful reconciliation, the work hasn’t stopped. I became frustrated with the lack of quality of experience in my life. I wasn’t prepared to give up on her and she wasn’t either,” he told the mag, adding that their marriage is “much healthier” now.ĭempsey also admitted that he “always struggled with the question of sacrifice” and it was during his time apart from Fink, which “was really a time of introspection,” that he realized the importance of putting family first. Speaking of the importance of reshuffling his priorities and putting his marriage first, Dempsey told People, “You can only do one thing at a time and do it well. Patrick Dempsey learned to reorder his priorities Come November 2016, Fink filed to have their divorce papers dismissed and a judge granted the request soon after, officially calling off their pending separation. That’s where it started.”Ĭalling a potential divorce “scary,” he admitted, “It’s always destabilizing when you’re potentially breaking up a family or you have a big section of your life that’s ending.” Faced with that realization, he and Fink decided “it was time to work on our issues and improve,” so they turned to couples counseling, which the actor calls “very important.” What’s more, they “wanted to be role models for our kids like, okay, if you have differences, you can work them out.” I didn’t feel like we had done all the work. Speaking with People, he further explained, “Our marriage was not something I was prepared to let go of. When the Evening Standard asked if he and Fink had reconciled, he said, “Yeah, I think so” and revealed that it was realizing that “you have to work at everything” that saved their marriage. Our primary concern remains the well-being of our children, and we ask with profound gratitude that you respect our family’s privacy at this very sensitive time,” they said in a joint statement.īut jump to November 2015 and the supposed exes were spotted holding hands in Paris, sparking rumors of a reconciliation. In January 2015, they were ready to call it quits with Fink filing for divorce and the couple telling the media (via TMZ), “It is with careful consideration and mutual respect that we have decided to end our marriage.

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