I'm back, on my own.

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I wouold ask him if he would consider taking the children on Mondays since you are going back to work. You need to find a way to word the question so that it looks like he is making the decision for himself. Mlcers do not like for the spouses to make them feel guilty or tell them what they should or shouldn't do, i.e., wording the request is very important.

Now about replay and depression...your h never left replay. The stages that you have read about are just guidelines and they can bounce back and forth from one to another or they can can run consecutively. Replay takes a long time to work through and the less you rely on him, the better.

Keep your expectations at zero at all times.