Keep Wearing Wedding Band? [Thread #6]

[ForGump]

W is filing.

First, she wrote that she loves me, just not the way she should (i.e., romantically/sexually); and she's sorry to divorce me.

She wants to D now, but keep living together for up to a year in separate bedrooms while she jump starts her career, and then separate residences at that point, with spousal support starting at that point. (The spousal support amount and duration she suggested seems reasonable). Her rationale is that a) we get along well; b) this helps mitigate pain on the kids; and c) it gives her some time to become economically independent.

I presume this means she'll see other people while we live in the same house. I know she will be discreet but I don't think I can handle it. This issue alone makes me think I need to reject this proposal.

Can you offer any reason why I should accept this proposal, or some variant of it? The only reason I might do it is to get another year of stability for my two relatively young kids. They will likely be minimally impacted in the short-term by their two parents co-habitating w/o a romantic/sexual relationship; but is there a long-term impact?

Even if it minimally impacts my kids, I don't know that I can handle it.

All of you who ever posted in my thread ... I need your input now!