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[quote=Anonymous]My husband was very, very involved when the kids were babies and toddlers, and still pretty involved when they were preschoolers, but he started scaling back his involvement more and more throughout their elementary school years, and completely checked out when his midlife crisis started and our marriage fell apart. He barely spent any time with them for the last couple years before he finally moved out, when they were in middle school. He eats dinner with them once a week in our family home (where the kids and I still live), but that’s it. I let him know that he’s certainly welcome to spend more time with the kids. He said his job is demanding and he can only work out at the gym in the evenings, so that doesn’t really leave any free time. I asked if I’d said or done something to make him feel like he wasn’t welcome to see the kids whenever he’s able, and he said, no, I know you’d let me see them any time.

It’s devastating to me that he doesn’t want more involvement. I hurt for my kids. I just can’t understand how my STBX changed so drastically. I would never have predicted this. [/quote]

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