MWD. "Stop going down cheeseless tunnels" is in DR or DB, probably in both.

That was my last email, I swear.

Do men who care about being with their children ever become a WAS? Men just walk away. Women know they can walk away and take the children with them. I hate it.

Maybe I can't convince her to stay. And if I can't, you know what would make me happy? Eating at my dining room table. Watching TV on my couch. Sleeping in my house. Fixing the things that are broken because I am not at the house without the kids often enough to take care of them.

Fighting for more time with my kids. Coming after my wife for the taxes she tried to get out of paying. Taking the tax return she got out of filing separately. Taking the $5000 child care expense reimbursement she grabbed in January.

So... Do I start no-contact and hope for the best, or do I start going after this stuff because I can't make her stay? I have been avoiding this conflict in the hope that she would calm the h*ll down if I left her alone.

Maybe when she said, "I want to finalize the divorce when the kids get out of school", I should have just said... what?

- All for the kids -
Me:34, W:35
M:7, T:13
S6, D3 + my D15 from previous marriage
July 2011 "I think I need a separation"
W filed D September
Currently living apart - she has the house, I rent a room