Going straight forward...antlers 6th thread.

[antlers]

Thank You cat03.

I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Her counsel charged me with contempt of court, I plead not guilty, I had to put up a PR bond, and there's gonna be a trial for this too...probably will coincide with the trial for custody and property/assets in late July. I too wish her madness would end, and for things to go the best way for my kids and myself. Your post meant a lot to me...thanks.

Hello Gypsy.

Thank You for your support. I know what you say is right, and I continue to work on it. I believe I'm much stronger about it than I was in the past. It just still pisses me off that I was the way I was. In a way, I was like Jesse James in that I had something really good, and I took it for granted and pissed it away. I know I have to let go of it. The opposition doesn't want to settle...they want a trial! So I'm gonna gird up and fight like hell. It has nada to do with my ego...I've already lost her, my future with her, my hopes and dreams with her, my family as I knew it, and my kids have suffered tremendously. Now she wants to make me destitute financially, and take my kids away from me! F#@K that! I'm fighting. I don't want to go to trial, they do, so I gotta go too. It gets nastier and nastier daily, and it does screw everyone up. I have no choice. Thank you for the suggestion of lightening things up via texting with my estranged daughters. I'll do that. I get no response from either of them just letting them know that I love and care about them. Your posts are wise and heartfelt...thank you.

StupidRomeo, that name is a trip!

I've seen and heard things from her that I never thought I would. I would have believed the world would end before I would see and hear the things from her that I have. I don't have the option of ending it sooner...they want a trial! They're getting it. The investigative attorney that she got involved in this case told me that a trial would be the worse thing for all involved, me, the kids, her...everybody. But she doesn't care. I'm a better man now than I've ever been, and I've done exactly as you describe at the end of your post. Thank you for posting to me, I needed the support.

Gypsy...what's important? The well-being of my kids and myself. I believe that kids need both parents too. I feel like I'm in a fight for my life, and the lives of my kids. It will be harder for me to care for them like I want to if I'm left financially destitute like their mother wants. I'm doing good with, and for, my son. I want to do the same with, and for, my daughters.

To the community here on this board..."When it seems that our sorrow is too great to be borne, let us think of the great family of the heavy-hearted into which our grief has given us entrance, and inevitably, we will feel about us their arms, their sympathy, their understanding."
Helen Keller

I saw that quote earlier today on this board, and it hit home...thanks.