hi Matt, just as I thought, you've had quite a bit of 'action' going on. Glad to read of the good advice re: your girls. Children 'make children of us' - I saw it w/my sibling's divorce.
The insecurity of the two due to the lack of trust. We love our children. We want them to want us ... if we were sure we wouldn't lose them ('guaranteed'), we might feel differently. It isn't like that - it a 'war'. There is no trust, there is manipulation, so of course we feel desperate! We love our children, we WANT them to be with us and to 'want us back' in return. They 'have' us ... ! We may be adult re: other sitch. but with the love we have for our children, it is emotional. Human nature I guess.
pb ps just hinted at mine (I got a shy gesture."wants the family") Take care Matt
pbetra ---- M: 15 yrs (in 2014) BD: 6/03/2014 Infidelity ('known' from July 2014) Denied PA Feb 2015 2 leave Mar 2015 (left early Summer). Some contact. Back briefly 2017 (after family death) Separated 2017