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Divorce/separation

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I left my ex partner/ father to my children.

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megggggg · 18/02/2023 21:05

I left my ex partner last summer, it's been really hard to get everything finically sorted and back on my feet as I basically relied on him for everything. I even lost the car so I now struggle with getting out the house with the kids.
I broke up with him because I felt like I didn't love him anymore we argued all the time everything was toxic.
He has now met someone else who has a young daughter and he stays at her house all the time even with the kids.
I feel so empty on the fact he's met someone else even though I ended it? I have the kids all week and take them to school. Pick them up so tea etc, he picks them up at weekends so I can go to work but he's taking them to the seaside and doing fun things and when there home we aren't doing anything mainly because I can't afford it and I have no car like him, the kids can also interact with another child with him as his new partner has a young child.
I feel like the kids are gonna hate coming home and think it's boring and just want to be with him all the time I feel as though I've lost everything just because I wanted to be happier.
Now I feel like I've short myself in the foot and lost everything and this is what he always said would happen without him. I feel so empty and lonely as I don't even have friends and family near me it's just me :(

OP posts:
Isthisexpected · 18/02/2023 22:14

I'm so sorry this is how things are panning out. I'm sure it's a temporary phase though in the massive change your lives are going through. Do you have any free time when you could take up a hobby or does all his parenting fall on your working hours?

I see so many threads on here of women being told to leave unhappy situations but I can completely understand why some choose to stay until the kids are older and until then just try to lead separate lives.

SpinningFloppa · 18/02/2023 22:18

I think this is quite common tbh and people don’t talk about the negatives, my ex left me so different situation, he won’t see the kids or pay maintenance meanwhile I’m with them 24:7 no break ever and he gets to live his life as a single childless man! It’s been hard not to feel bitter

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