something else I told my kids, which seemed to comfort them was "If the only way I could have you guys in my life was to go thru ALL this crazy pain and work,.....I'd do it again in a heartbeat."
And I meant it. Even if I had divorced, they had made it all worth it.
Make sure your w knows that even though you are telling the kids it's a "time out", that's for THEM...
(even though it's also for you...
let HER believe you accept her decision and that you are resigned to her unfortunate choice.
And it IS unfortunate, b/c of who you are becoming...but she doesn't get that yet. She will, in time. Get time to be on your side...)
make sense?
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
