Last entanglement in Paris

[sleeper]

But it might provoke some sadness, too.

Yes it might, however many aspects of these situations cut both ways. X seemed immune to the pains of this in the beginning but as time has passed I have noticed she is affected by all this. I'm not sure if she just hid it well, the anger masked it or she really was immune to the pain.

There is a good posibility this will be more sad for her than for me. Yes, I will have memories to deal with but I've been there many times since we separated. Now she will become the one on the outside as I AND the children will be there together 50% of the time (without her). She will be in a new home alone with OMH part of the time and totally alone part of the time as his work requires quite a bit of travel. Sitting alone in her new house while I and the kids are in our old house may work on her as sitting in my apt alone has me the past 3.5 years.

Eventually the double-edged sword of divorce cuts in the opposite direction.

Or, to borrow from Lennin's observation:

Divorce with children is like a rifle with a bayonet: There is a parent at each end.