LOL . . . I'm not sure if I tricked him in to it or if our therapist did the tricking! We did walk in there with the full intention of doing what we discussed - get the therapist's advice on how to deal with the children. I think my husband was taken aback by how personable the therapist was and how different he was from our marriage counselor. My husband just kept talking and talking, and the therapist went with it.
The therapist keyed in on the fact that my husband has no immediate plans to move out (like hasn't hired movers, etc.) and said that he doesn't think we should tell the kids ANYTHING until we know what is going to happen. And that is when they continued talking, honing in on his uncertainty, etc.
My husband didn't seem to feel like he got tricked into it - he said after that the guy was nice and easy to talk to.
No expectations on my part. I can't lie, I do have hope, but I gotta try.
H39, W39 T18, M16 S9, S7 EA suspected 11/15 ILYBINILWY 1/16 Counseling 1/16 - 6/16 EA confirmed 1/16, ended 1/16 H signed lease to move out 8/18/16 (day before our anniversary)