ant,
Originally Posted By: antlers
I would rather she and I be in separate rooms with the mediator moving from room to room during negotiations.
If not, then request it. Should be no problem. Insist if you have to.
Originally Posted By: antlers
I appreciate you saying that I'm a good man. I'm definately a better man, and certainly a better father, than I've ever been.
For months, I've witnessed a good decent man and a very loving father grow - painfully - as a person.

As we all have.

You are a good person, ant:


Keep telling yourself
that you can heal from this.
You are a good person.

No one deserves to be abandoned.
Nothing you did warranted this kind
of treatment from the woman who
promised to love you.

The issue lies within your wife.
It is a flaw in her that has caused
her to walk out on you.
You do deserve better treatment.

It is better to be alone and happy
than to be with someone
who would choose to leave.

Susan Anderson
The Journey From Abandonment To Healing


Peace,

Gardener

"My soul, be satisfied with flowers,
With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them
In the one garden you may call your own."
Cyrano deBergerac