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[quote=Anonymous]I’d wager at least half of married people are staying together for the kids. Some of those couples are working hard on their marriage… also for the benefit of the kids, since they would have given up long ago otherwise. That’s us.

I don’t think there’s a right answer for you to find. There are trade offs no matter what decision you make. What I realized is even if I ended it, DH would still be in my life as the father of my kids. And existing challenges would be replaced with new challenges. Challenges which would impact the kids just as much as us, probably more since they’re still developing.

I don’t care about “finding love” again. Honestly that seems a bit immature to me.  What I need is mutual respect and a friendship (with benefits) with my partner with a focus on doing the best we can for our kids. If there were abuse or drugs or something major I would not stay, but that’s not the case.

I wish you the best!

I honestly see life in seasons, of which this is one. My priority is my children and I’m committing to being with my DH at least until they’re adults. I hope as we continue to work on our relationship that we’ll want to stay together at that point, but if we don’t, I’ll feel a lot better about parting ways then. [/quote]

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