Kids are so much more attune to the fact that their parents are real people with feelings and faults. I think in the world we live where parents are so much more cognizant of how these things tend to have a ripple effect throughout the kids lives has changed the amount of damage and frankly the kind of damage. Have faith that this won't irreparable damage them. No matter how it ends. They'll won't lose faith in love or partners being able to be stable, faithful, and true. And neither will we. No matter how this ends.
I totally second this. My kids are young so my biggest fear in the beginning was that they were gonna go through some kind of emotional turmoil with parents who are no longer in a loving M. but so far they are handling it extremely well. I'm sure they are affected but it's not nearly as bad as I imagined.
Originally Posted by wayfarer
But when you read the stages of the LBS it feels pretty normal that we cycle through these feelings over and over again until we don't. And I'm confident that I'll get through it regardless of how this all ends.
This is spot on, wayfarer. I am sorry to hear that you are feeling sad...but you recognize that this is a cycle, and I think that self-awareness is the key to which will eventually help us LBS to reach the end of it. *hugs
