Ghost I said I would have a look at your sitch and try to reply. You liked my outcome, even though it wasn't the original planned hope back when. How did I get there? It took a lot of hard work, a lot of great people on this forum and me changing myself. It was probably about 15 months or so before I really got the whole thing. I cried often for many, many months from BD. I tried so many wrong things and so many right things that just didn't work. In the end nothing was going to change the W.
So what do you need to do? Positive, positive and more positive. You cannot change another person. It takes a while to really understand this. While doing this, you need to get out and GAL. Get your mind of the negative talks and thoughts. Enjoy time with the kids. That do accept the change. It doesn't mean they like the change, but like us, they end up accepting it. My two boys were a struggle for me. It always felt like I was in the wrong with the separation. That I was blamed for it all. It wasn't until a few months ago (more than two years after BD) that the ex wife advised she struggled with talking to the boys and one time she felt that it was best for her not to contact them for a while. Here I was thinking that she was getting all their attention. When in reality, I was having good phone calls weekly, visiting one of them playing indoor soccer every week, the other son rang me asking to help with car repairs etc. Both boys have been positive over my engagement and soon to be wedding. It just shows you with think the negative about our kids, but really there is a lot of positives about them. Work on you Ghost, because at the end of the day, we are with ourselves for the rest of our lives. I want to be with a nice(r) person than what I was. What about you Ghost?
ME:51 W:46 M:25 S:22, S:20 Divorced 16/9/15 BD 10/12 W left 12/12 with OW, affair confirmed Nov/12. Dark since 6/13 I"m in a new relationship since Feb 14.