So sorry for what you're going through TimR.

"But just give me one full good day... just one!"

You can make this happen.

Set a boundary for your own sanity and self-preservation. Declare a whole day as one that will belong to you, and you alone. No W and no kids (obviously you love them, but any time with them necessarily involves their mother, so choose a day you're not scheduled to see them). Turn off the cell phone and just go out and get yourself lost for a whole day. You deserve it.


H: 44, Me: 45
Married: 20 y Together: 25 y
no kids
Walk away: 12/15
Asked for temp separation 12/25/15
PA confirmed 3/16 (apparently neither the first, nor the last PA he has had)
H filed for D 5/16