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I'm doing alright but taking it a day at a time. W's family is wealthy and we are in discussions about her family buying me out of the house so that she can keep it and live here with the kids. Given all that's happened this is very difficult for me to accept: financially I built what we have from zero, and to walk away from it after what she did makes me angry at times. And I worry how the kids will interpret this: Dad moves out, so Dad must have done something wrong. One day at at time.
M: I think you're doing great.
I have similar feelings about leaving my house. We wouldn't have it if it weren't for me, that's a fact. I saved my pennies in graduate school, stashing away as much of my stipends as I could, and had enough for a 20% down payment. (We got married when I was in my final year of graduate school).
But the reality is: I don't have the money to buy her out. I don't want to take another loan at this point in my life (mortgage is paid off). And a house always means expensive repairs, particularly when it's old as ours is. (We've renovated practically everything except the basement which needs a complete redo, which will be somewhere in five figures at minimum).
There were a lot of good memories in that house, and I'm sure you feel the same way about yours. But sometimes walking away is for the best. Keep moving forward.
