Feels strange making the post, but a few of you have reached out and I very much appreciate that so might as well tell everyone that cares to click on the title. Great community of internet strangers here, I've definitely benefitted from finding this place a few years ago, so here goes.
My wife of 13.5 years married/18 years together and I have separated and we are working through getting divorced. Relatively amicable but still hard annoying frustrating etc. I have 5 and 7 year old girls who we will share 50/50 custody and I'm trying to keep our falling apart house to keep them in the same school/friend groups, my wife moved out to an apartment just after Christmas and is soon to get all of our money lol. My kids are my world and it crushes me to do this to them but I know the future will be better than their life with arguing parents was, the short term just sucks hard.
I don't need any special favors or treatment, just wanted to give a bit more explanation for why I've been more of an irritable jerk lately than my usual baseline (not acting like it's a 0 during "normal" times either).
So yeah, life is hard at the moment, but everyone has their own struggles. I look forward to happiness and all the opportunity that getting out of a somewhat toxic relationship will bring. Sorry that I'm a bit of a snowflake at times and a pitbull at others. I am trying to be more aware and working on being happy by myself. Thanks for reading this.
My wife of 13.5 years married/18 years together and I have separated and we are working through getting divorced. Relatively amicable but still hard annoying frustrating etc. I have 5 and 7 year old girls who we will share 50/50 custody and I'm trying to keep our falling apart house to keep them in the same school/friend groups, my wife moved out to an apartment just after Christmas and is soon to get all of our money lol. My kids are my world and it crushes me to do this to them but I know the future will be better than their life with arguing parents was, the short term just sucks hard.
I don't need any special favors or treatment, just wanted to give a bit more explanation for why I've been more of an irritable jerk lately than my usual baseline (not acting like it's a 0 during "normal" times either).
So yeah, life is hard at the moment, but everyone has their own struggles. I look forward to happiness and all the opportunity that getting out of a somewhat toxic relationship will bring. Sorry that I'm a bit of a snowflake at times and a pitbull at others. I am trying to be more aware and working on being happy by myself. Thanks for reading this.