A positive step in the right direction. She handed me a copy of the D papers because I still haven't been served.

I told her that me and my attorney had already obtained a copy and seen it. I told her we had three options to go from here.

One is to proceed with what she filed. Two is to drop the D all together, and three is to keep the D filed but drop the custody hearing from the docket until we decide for sure we're going to get a D.

To my amazement she agreed to drop the custody and child support hearing from the docket. She will give us a certain number of months to see what we can do.

We plan to physically separate with me going to the rental 4 days and her 3, the following week we'll go 3for me and 4 for her. That way it gives us a chance to have the weekend for ourselves every other week. I get to pick up my D4 from daycare everyday, so I 'll get to see my girls daily. If it doesn't become too uncomfortable, I can even wait until D4 goes to bed before I leave.

She also plans to schedule a date night once a week minimum for us to get to know each other again. After an undetermined amount of time we'll see how things have or haven't progressed and go from there.

This is all I could have asked for at this point. Us not physically living under the same roof should alleviate the tension and allow us to focus on other things.


Married 18
Me 39
W 37
D 15
D 5
Divorce Filed 8 April 2010
Beginning of Reconcile 8 Sept