My Christmas present was finding out on Dec 22 how deeply dh has disengaged from our marriage but he "had no solutions". On Dec 28 he started antidepressants for the first time. This morning he announced that he wants to start a "trial separation" in two days.
What and how on earth do we tell our children (3.5 yo dd and 6 yo ds)? Tomorrow may be our last "normal" day as a family
. Ds has a lot of issues and I'm especially concerned about how this will affect him.
How can we minimize the impact of this on them? Dh claims that he intends to maintain normal routines that he has with the kids (while not living here). I'm not sure how realistic that is even in the short term.
The loose plan is to "make the announcement" to the kids tomorrow morning, then spend the day trying to make it OK for them
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I really wish that dh was giving me more time to prepare a strategy for this, but as far as I can tell I'd only be able to delay his moving out by a day or two if there was a compelling reason.
What and how on earth do we tell our children (3.5 yo dd and 6 yo ds)? Tomorrow may be our last "normal" day as a family
How can we minimize the impact of this on them? Dh claims that he intends to maintain normal routines that he has with the kids (while not living here). I'm not sure how realistic that is even in the short term.
The loose plan is to "make the announcement" to the kids tomorrow morning, then spend the day trying to make it OK for them
I really wish that dh was giving me more time to prepare a strategy for this, but as far as I can tell I'd only be able to delay his moving out by a day or two if there was a compelling reason.