I cannot believe that your W has no connection with your two young boys. I certainly understand now why you have not considered dating yet because that would probably be too much of a change for them.
I have not filed because I want my STBXW to file. All through our M I have been the one to make the decisions, pay for everything and if you read my thread helped her through school editing her papers, etc. So I want her to do the heavy lifting for while.
I had an interesting issue came up earlier this week. The dating site that I am on had to close my account because someone hacked into it. I reopened it yesterday and started reconnecting with the women that I had been talking to. All of the women once I regained their trust all told me that another person started talking with them claiming that I was crazy and not reliable, etc.
Now I have two pictures on the site a profile picture and a picture of me and another woman, but I put a smiley face over her face. I have the same two pictures on my Fb account...well the picture of me and the other woman was changed and the smiley face was off and another guy in sunglasses standing next to her. There is no way that the smiley face could be removed on the dating site profile.
I am not sure and maybe it is the love of a good espionagee novel, but my STBXW knows that I have FB account and I have not blocked her because that was an avenue for her to see me progressing on with life. However, I am suspecting that she is the one who hacked my account. I used the same password that I use for FB and she knows it...and stupid me never changed it...