Well I wasn't one of them Zeus, but you sure helped me find my path. I wish I had've found DB, or rather me, earlier so that I did have a chance of saving the M. I still do, in so far as I am still open to reconciliation. But the truth is, as I know you feel the same way, I probably wouldn't have found me if it wasn't for being stripped bare.

I hope you get 50% with the kids. For me (apart from being my world) they are ....guidance. To have this pure love in my life has been a source of strength for me. If you do end up with less than 50%, you will always be their Dad, and you can still enjoy that purity and all the fun times with them.

Also times change, in a few years - who knows. Here at least you can re-apply later. After a certain age the kid gets to choose, also 6/8 (split) days per fortnight becomes the courts default position. So the onus would be on your W to show why the court should order differently. Then 2 guys I know ended up with the kids a few years later after the kids had had enough of their Mum, her behaviour (they stayed as WAWs the rest of their lives in their future Rs)

One thing I think about more so now than ever before is the relationship I have with my own parents, and the future relationship I want to have with my kids. I am sure your kids will appreciate and benefit from the wisdom you have gathered from this turmoil, and ongoing learning. All the best Z.

-Py


M: 6 T: 12
Kids: 2,4
BD: Jan 2015 S: Feb 2015
EA/PA confirmed: Feb2015/Mar2015