I echo the part about being a good father. It's what attracted my wife to me in the first place (she had two when I met her) and it's what appears to have brought us back together when we have down periods.


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