DH and I have started first discussions about separating - it's really tough :( He's just announced that he plans to get a flat in town nearby, despite he works far away, so he can still come over to give the children a bedtime story a couple of times a week and isn't just a weekend dad. I would stay in the family home with our 2 young DC for now, not sure if this will be possible long term.
I just wanted to check what others think about this arrangement - I have to say alarm bells are ringing. We've agreed we want the split to be amicable but I do want to be able to get on with a new life and really don't want him hanging around the family home still in the evenings. But he only gets back from work about the same time the DC go to sleep, with normally just enough time to see them for a couple of stories, and definitely too late to take them out to a park or for dinner or anything. So weekday night contact out of the house wouldn't be possible unless they stayed with him.
It's all early days in talking through the practicalities, but I wanted to check if contact at the family home (which we own jointly) is something he can try to insist on. Obviously he needs contact but I've no idea how others manage the practicalities. Thank you
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DH contact with children at my house?
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NewBee3 · 04/08/2017 16:47
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