Need help saving my family - part 10

[Barrybran]

They won't miss out though, Scorp. Life will change, you will adjust and your kids will still get to celebrate events with your family, it just won't be on the day most of the time. If your family is truly supportive of you, they'll understand and join in events when you plan them, not just hold them on the day because "that's what we always do". You need to look at the positives.

Also, you need to get the thoughts out of your mind about your wife manipulating the situation. It's mindreading and you know that now. "She is depriving them", "W may have encouraged her to say that", "before she potentially balks at the kids being with me for Easter"... none of these are facts, none of these you're likely to prove and none of these thoughts do you any good. Focus on the facts. Focus on yourself and the kids.