I wonder if it's moreso the responsibility of everything (up until our daughter was born I was the one who worked 2-3 jobs at a time + school - I thrive havinging pots on every burner, so to speak - and he worked "easy" jobs). Now he makes more than I do, but the job is very demanding. I know he's not freaked out about his age, and he's not really acting "out of character" except for the moving out part.

He loves being a daddy - but for the past several months I've only required him to have fun with our DD on his day off, since he only had one day off every four days. So he's a "disneyland dad". He plans on staying at the house 24/7 after the new baby is born for a while, so it might be a rude awakening for him to remember how much work it is to take care of a newborn...

I'm pretty well-protected financially - I am keeping track of the bills so that I know how much he needs to give me, and I have some money in savings that he doesn't have access to. He doesn't really have anything except what he brings home every month, and I end up needing to take most of it for the mortgage and bills. After he pays his rent and his bills he doesn't have too much left over for fun. We've had separate finances for most of our marriage. I'm also very diligent about checking credit reports, and he knows this. And due to the mortgage I don't think he can get much more credit at this point (he doesn't have any Visa or MC of his own - just a furniture store card)...

I also plan on taking all of the tax benefits at the end of the year if he is still living on his own then.

I'm thinking about seeing a lawyer, just in case - but if he wants a divorce, he's going to have to pay for it...


Me - 30, H - 32
T - 10, M - 6, D - 1
DD#1 - 4, DD#2 - 2
on/off OW 4/09 - sometime Summer 2010 (Told me about OW 4/10)
Separated 6/11/09, divorced 8/4/10, trying again 9/2011