Financially, H agreed to still pay for everything. He wanted the kids and I to remain in the house. (He always held this over my head, too.)
As far as the kids, I had/have MIL and my parents to help out every now and then. H would take them on his off days, but that didn't happen too often because again he was accepting as much work as he possibly could.
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. ~ Joseph Campbell
