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So two weeks have passed since the mother of my children left me. She told me that i was mentally abusive, she hated every time i touched her, and that she felt like i never care about her. She also had this friend, a guy from her work, that she had been talking to a lot for the previous few months. I asked her if she cheated on me with him, and if she was leaving me for him. She told me no, they were just friends, werent interested in having [censored] the whole shabang. I knew it was a lie. She dumped me on a Tuesday, the previous Saturday she slept with him. Her hip hurt on Sunday from it, i tried to massage it, and when she wouldnt let me touch her i knew. Long story short. Shes since admitted to being a sadistic liar, that she doenst know much about her outside of all her lies, that she does it because thats all she knows how to do. She now says that she wants to be with him for a really long time. We both made mistakes, neither of us were all that great to the other. But this is the 3rd time in two years that shes cheated on me, and then left me. Yes i kept taking her back, no i never forgave her and held it against her. This is the first guy shes ever wanted me to meet, or try to be friends with. Shes told me hundreds of times over the past 6 years that she hates commitment, hates emotions, and that she only has relationships so that she doesnt feel lonely. Just over 5 years ago, we broke up for the first time right after my oldest son turned 1. I was upset, and angry, and i threatened to take him from her because she has mental issues and because the house she lived in was completely trash and horrible. She ended up running and hiding my son from me for 2 years. We got back together when he was 3, and a year later we had a second son. We were trying to be together because of the kids, and because we actually did love eachother.
The reason I'm on this forum is because of what she expects of me. She moved out a year ago, and we've been working on things living apart but being exclusive to work on our friendship and to be parents. Now that she has this new guy, who has been staying at the house with her and of course my children, probably since the sunday or monday before she ended things with me, she expects me to be okay with what shes done to me, with absolutely nothing from her aiding in closure. She doesn't want to have the kids bouncing back and forth between homes, which i can agree with. But what she expects, is for us to still be a family every weekend, and the kids live with her. The issue im having is that i cant stand being around her for the hurt shes causing me. I've told her that the only way i can make that work, is if she puts her thing with this guy on hold until i'm more comfortable. She says she wont because she wants to be with him for a very long time. Shes offered to limit the time he spends at the house, and for me to come over whenever i want, of course upon her approval. Shes even offered for us to go to counseling to become better friends and parents together. She wasnt willing to go to counseling to make our relationship work, so why is she now? If she really liked this guy, why is she willing to do all this to him and to me, just so that the kids will stay living with her. I feel like she is just using him to hurt me. I feel like shes doing all of this so that i will screw up so badly that i will never be allowed to see my kids again, or that i will just give up from the pure suffering i am going through because of this. I feel that since she doenst want to be seen as the mother who has ran and hidden the children twice, that shes trying to do everything she can to just make me give up. There is so much more to this story, but im not thinking very well at the moment to be able to put everything to words...
I'm really sorry to hear this, I am slightly confused though, as you say at the beginning that she left you two weeks ago, but further on you say that she moved out a year ago.
Breaking up is so hard, whether it happened a couple of weeks ago, or a year ago... the impact is the same. I think it might be a good idea to take up her offer of counselling, it might help to get things clearer for you. Perhaps you might be able to get arrangements for the kids in place too.
i don't think it's a good idea to make any decisions whilst you're feeling so low, but your children need you so perhaps you can talk to her about having the children on your own at the weekends. It's a very difficult situation for you.... it does help to talk about it and we are here to listen.
All the best
She moved out a year ago, and we were supposed to be exclusive and be a family for the past year. When posted two weeks ago she ended things with me for a friend from work, that she was talking to for months prior to her ending things with me. I feel she was trying to see if he was going to give her what she needed prior to ending things with me. And I feel she chose to end us being a family, when she chose to sleep with him and end our attempt to reconcile.
Since the original post, she has since seen why I believed being a family wouldn't work. As he is still around my children all the time. I am trying to have her agree on shared custody, while she wants no part of it. She hasn't asked me to, but she has said she wished, for herself, that I would walk away and leave her with the kids all to herself. And I feel she is using my current state, and my emotions, to try to get me to do just that for her.
Hi
I think you need to just focus on the children for now and look after yourself as well.
If counselling or mediation are on the table, I would take it.
You can't do anything about what she does but you can make sure that you are okay and you do the best for the current situation.
I am currently in counseling for myself.
I am trying to concentrate on the kids. We both would rather work out something between the two of us without the court. I am asking for shared custody. She says she doesn't deserve to be without the kids, and that the kids don't deserve to be without her. She is willing to give me a couple hours, a couple times a week with the youngest before work. And she wants to share weekends on rotation. We both work second shift and our oldest is in school. While I agree that its better than nothing, i would like more, I feel i deserve more. She won't even consider doing Every other weekend because the feels she can't go without them. I feel that since she chose to not be a family anymore, that its not just about her anymore.
As much as I didn't want to, I have setup to see a lawyer next week. I just feel she will not consider anything fair to me, or my relationship with my children.
Court should always be a last resort, might it be less stressful for you both if you attempt mediation before bringing in the solicitors, their input can sometimes make things worse.
You would attend mediation yourself and discuss the issues, leaving it up to the mediator to invite her formally to attend. This is a requirement before court action can be taken anyway, there's little point paying a solicitor to give you the same advice.
All the best
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