Originally Posted By: Dom R

If SHE wants to move out, then let HER find an apartment for HER to live in. None of this "swapping time in the house" nonsense.


What purpose will that serve? I refuse to go with it, she takes the kids and moves out. She resents me even more. Is that going to help my cause?

There are two schools of thought on this one. The first is that you don't leave, period. The second is that you resist nothing and go along with whatever they want, even if it's a D. The first one may work for some people, if the W is just bluffing. Personally, for my W I know that she is a fighter and if I start a fight that's going to be the end. She won't back down and the best way to push her away is to tell her what to do (i.e. I'm not leaving, you'll have to leave). She will, and it will be ugly. Will that help me? Nope.