It will be very rough, of that I have no doubt. That hard part is the wondering if they will ever come out of it, and if so, will they want to rebuild all that has been lost.
I don't really know how unique my sitch is, but for all intents and purposes, my wife and I do not communicate. We have two young children together, and I have been a father to her son from a previous marriage since he was seven months old. I have time with the two, but not the ten year old. She has completely extracted him from my life, which is the hardest thing for me.
It's one thing I guess to have them blow up the family, but she is just plain mean to me. Most of you know she did the obligatory restraining order thing, which is set for trial in January. I got a call from the sheriff's department yesterday, it seems as though she has lodged another "violation" claim against me. My "crime"? At the parking lot where we "exchange" our children, I have violated the order by actually escorting my kids across the dark lot and placing them in her car. Yes, that's what they are actually investigating, the fact that I broke the 100-yard rule. Fact is, the order was recently modified to allow for "peaceful contact" relative to the children, and I assume exchanging them in a public setting falls under this. Unreal, yet not so much.
