Matt - I am amazed that there really is such consistent behaviour amoungst the MLC. Thanks for sharing your experience with the kids.

H has been hugging the side of the bed since his started. I wish I would have realized what he was going thru back when it started. I am so glad I found this board as it does explain a lot of the craziness!

You are correct the kids are aware that dad has been grumpy since 2012. Although recently much less so as being unemployed has removed the external pressure of work. The kids also know that he is looking at moving back to the US at some point.

At this point there aren't really any other facts to tell the kids as everything else is still speculation. IC encouraged me to keep it factual with the kids.

I want to tell the kids the speculations for me - to force H to face the impact of His decisions. However, this isn't fair to the kids either.

So I will sit with his plans/ideas until they become more of a reality.


H: 48 Me: 47
Married: 19 yrs T: 20 yrs
2 teen-Ds and S
H-MLC (started 2012) and H-Unemployed (11/2014)
D-Bomb: 2/2015
H left country but hasn't moved out: 7/2015
I filed: 7/2015