Although the days apart were difficult, the marriage really only ran into trouble after Ting returned to Taiwan. Ting recalls that after he wrapped up his business and came home, his wife was in the process of changing her career path.
分偶的日子雖然辛苦，然而婚姻出現問題卻是在丁耀宗回國後。丁耀宗回憶，他結束事業回台灣時，正好太太也有意轉換事業跑道。