Thanks for your responses. I have just waved my three eldest children off with h on the family holiday we had planned last year. I was supposed to join them in the second week so h could holiday with youngest child but h has decided he does not want to spend any time with me. He has cut himself off from spending any time with our youngest child to punish me. I do not know how much longer I can stick this out. Saddest day of my life thus far waving off s9,d6,d3. I think I am done as my h is so cruel thatvit may be a lucky escape for me.