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Summary: The human migration process between any two countries has two components that are equally important: the migrant and the family left behind. The latter has not received the attention it deserves from researchers. This study was conducted with Mexican women living in their home country while their husbands were working in the US. Purpose of the study was to investigate some of the psychosocial dynamics involved in the lives of women left behind as a consequence of their spouses' departure to the US. Findings revealed that most of these women were satisfied with their husbands' decision to migrate and with their own lives in Mexico. However, they experienced stress associated with the welfare of the absent husband, acquisition of new responsibilities and obligations, and family disintegration.