I'll have to update my signature info. S6 becomes S7 today and the poor kid has to go to school while I stay at home with the girls. My wife is feeling ill and she too has to go to work so her day will no doubt be pretty crappy.

After the presents and usual morning chaos that is getting my son ready for school, I notice a notification on my phone and see my wife put a picture of my son on Facebook for his birthday. I float around Facebook and I stumble upon something my wife 'liked' - A single mother's support group. It's funny to think that even three months ago this would have set off panic stations. Sure, I'm disappointed to see such a thing. I reflected on the past six months and I'm proud of what I've achieved so far and I'm happy with the direction I'm going in. At times it feels like I'm chipping away at the Berlin Wall with a hammer and chisel and despite this morning's find, I still feel my wife's "I hate Barrybran" policy is softening. I have a long way to go still and I'm in no rush.

One positive thought I did have was about my wife telling me two months ago that she would give our current situation - living together - three months and that she didn't think it would last that long. We're two months through those three months, she's still here and I genuinely feel that she would be a fool to move out in a month's time. I don't know her plans, what she's thinking or how she feels. I do know that I'm a far more pleasant person to be around and any movement from her will be about something on her side of the street. My side is looking pretty tidy at the moment, I must say smile


Me: 31, W: 29
T: 4 M: 2
Kids: 3 (SS: 7, SD: 4, D: 3)
Separated, still living together: Nov 2013
Separate bedrooms: Feb 2014
W working away; kids with me: Nov 2014