I guess I am the good girl who feels like I am about to do a 'bad' thing.
I am imagining my son's face when I (we) tell him daddy is moving out--again.
My D will cry for her daddy when he is not around, she already does that, but she will still see him a lot and is young enough I don't think it will hit her as hard now, maybe later when she is older and sees how the D changes everyone's lives, but now she won't see it.
It will hurt/change S. It did the last time. He didn't sleep well, cried more, got angry a LOT more (kicking/yelling/raging at me b/c I was the one there to rage at), wanted to sleep with me, etc.
But having a mommy tied up in knots is bad for them, too.
I think it is just that 'you can't un-ring a bell' thing...