Still trying to save my family - part 11

[Barrybran]

Scorp, whilst I agree with Drew and Eric I feel what 3BM was alluding to was what I was alluding to, that a week is too long right now . You can have empathy for your wife and the work she's put into the kids without being emotionally reliant on her. As I said earlier, if I were in your wife's shoes and you said you were taking the kids for a week I'd say no way. I've done all the hard work for seven months and now you want back in? That's the position your wife is working from.

Personally, I feel it's too late in the week to be dropping "oh, I'm going to have the kids for a week" on her. That's not "chit, what would wife think?", that's courtesy. By all means stand up for yourself and bring it up. Why not suggest it for next time though? It'll give you and your wife time to work out the details and as the guys have said, you've got your lawyer on speed dial.