One year ago, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were doing their thing. They were happily married, they were pulling out receipts on Taylor Swift, they were posing for magazine editorials, they were traveling together, they were raising their babies and more. Then everything fell apart for them last fall. And I kind of think they’ve never been able to get back to that happy place. Kanye has basically abandoned Kim – Kim is with the kids in LA, and Kanye is off in Wyoming, presumably working on his new album, but who knows? Kanye sent flowers to Kim for their third wedding anniversary a few weeks ago, but I don’t think they even saw each other. And now Life & Style says that’s because they’re in the midst of a trial separation.

After suffering a breakdown at the end of 2016, Kanye West has been keeping an extremely low profile. But what fans didn’t know is that the rapper and his wife Kim Kardashian were going through a trial separation. A Kanye insider tells Life & Style that for the past six weeks, the famous couple took a step back from their relationship and barely spent any time together.

“They want you to think that Kanye just needed a break from fame and Hollywood, [but] he also wanted a break from Kim and his life with her,” the insider reveals.

“Friends worried the split would become permanent,” notes a source. “But she really wanted to give their marriage one more shot. She hopes the trial separation will make them realize how much they do love each other.”

But the duo’s third wedding anniversary on May 24 made them reconsider the split. Kim even posted a tribute to her hubby on Instagram, writing, “3 down, a lifetime to go…,” though friends weren’t sure they’d make it. “They’re trying to make it work,” a different source shares, “but there are a lot of problems between them. It’s an ongoing struggle.”

For example, Kanye, who infamously threw out a good chunk of Kim’s wardrobe when they first got together, “feels like she isn’t worldly or interested in experiencing other cultures,” the source admits. Adds the first insider, “They’re on different paths and don’t connect anymore.” And although Kanye accompanied her on a trip to Disneyland with their kids recently, the brunette beauty has had to essentially parent by herself during this time apart.

A third source told Life & Style earlier this month that the artist, who’s allegedly in Wyoming working on a new album, is still struggling to find stability. “He’s not back to himself since the hospitalization. He doesn’t want to put himself in a situation where he’s taking on too much.”

[From Life & Style]

I know it’s Life & Style and blah blah, whatever, but I totally believe this. I think Kimye hasn’t been right for months. I believed the stories last winter too, that Kim was seriously considering filing for divorce. I think she’s over it, and I suspect he’s a little bit over her too. But… I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think it’s good that they’re just taking a break from one another instead of running off and filing for divorce. I think they’re hoping that they can work sh-t out, but they’re giving each other time and space.

Apparently, they’ve just reunited in the Bahamas too – they’re taking a family vacation ahead of Kanye’s birthday next week. I think this is probably the first time they’ve been together in a few months.

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