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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the OP, and appreciate some of these kind words.  And to those who blew me out of the water, did you read the second paragraph?  My soon to be ex is a woman I thought enough of to marry and have children.  I did not throw her away.  And as I wrote, we both went to individual and marriage therapy.  Was I a perfect husband and father?  No but I tried to be the best I could.

Midlife crisis?  I have no desire to see my kids every other weekend and then once a week.  But we both tried and tried and realized that we were subtracting, rather than adding to each other's life.  When does any couple say enough is enough and decide to go their separate ways?  There is no right answer.  It is gut wrenching even when you are the one making the call.  And if it sounded trite that I mentioned tennis and seeing where my skills could be used, what I meant was outside of time with my children, doing things to better myself and also see where I might be of assistance to others - volunteering, providing mentoring, etc.

Never once in a million years did I ever think I would wind up with this day happening.  I once heard a marriage counselor on TV say that almost without exception, the people she sees are desperate to save their marriage.  Count me in that category but sometimes it just cannot be done.  [/quote]

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