Ganb8te, I so agree! I do not envy those going through this with children. I don't think I could handle it! It takes some serious strength!
There are of course advantages and disadvantages to not having kids involved on our cases. We have no reason to keep in regular contact and no reason to stay together or work things out besides selfish desires. But we also don't have the agonizing pain and heartbreak of watching our kids suffer along with us.
Since we have no reason to stay in contact I think we have unique challenges but still things can turn around with our situations too. I think patience is the key.