I've always kind of wondered about that, too. Usually it seems like when the one who wants the separation is staying home with the kids, they can sometimes convince their partner to do the moving out. And I'm sure that women, in particular, can get restraining orders and such and force the male partner to move out.
I was trying to think if there was any circumstances, barring legal action, that could get me to move out. Maybe if she dropped any pretense of being discrete about the A and I had to deal with Om in the house. Maybe. But I'm pretty resistant to that kind of manipulative control and it would probably just move me to being every bit as nasty as her. And neither of us would do that to the kids.
So basically, around these parts any way, it seems like the one who wants to separate pretty much is stuck moving.
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