kml, that is such sound advice. Thank you for that. One of the lawyers I consulted with told me the same thing.. that while he's anxious I may end up getting a better settlement. That his guilt over the A is a good thing right now and will only help me. I just need to get myself over the hump. I need to accept that this is my fate and that I can't do anything about it. The D goes against every fiber in me and so that is why I'm struggling.
And you're right, he has absolutely no idea what's coming. He thinks I'm going to continue living in our house with his parents 2 blovks away and that he will come and go as he pleases. He thinks he will wash his hands of all responsibility and will ge to be the fun one when he feels like coming around. Since BD he has done exactly that. he has never stayed with the kids while I did something. He just tells me, get a babysitter. My concern is that he is not compitent enough to handle them. When the D does go through I guarantee that the nights he's to have them he will be bringing them to his mothers, hanging there for a bit, then leaving them there while he does his thing. He can't be bothered with them right now.
Me: 35, H: 36, M: 6, S: 1, D: 3, BD: 4/21/14 H still living at home