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[quote=Anonymous]I flat out told my husband I would never give up on our marriage as long as there was a shred of hope that we could reconcile. A big part of why I tried so hard to stay together was because the last few years before we separated, husband barely was home and spent little time with the kids. I didn’t want time with their dad decreased even further. He didn’t want to look like the bad guy for walking out on his family, but he wanted out of the marriage so he waged a campaign to do everything he could to alienate me and make me want him to leave. He made life intolerable so that I would finally say, yep, I want out too.

I regret splitting up because of the price my children will pay for the rest of their lives, having to split holidays between more households, but I don’t regret it for myself because you can’t make someone stay in a relationship with you. I didn’t really have a choice. Like the pp, I have a clear conscience and can tell my kids I tried like hell to keep us together. They know the full deal because husband moved out, never sought any physical custody, and moved his girlfriend in without telling the kids. The kids have never spent a single night at his place because he hasn’t bothered to set up rooms for them. He maintains just enough contact with them to have the facade of a relationship.[/quote]

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