How to to live together whilst divorce going through.help!

[Whyme02830]

Im sure this is very common. Im not asking him or expecting him to leave. Its my idea to divorce. Hes appeared shocked but it should have come as no surprise as weve had really bad problems for years.
Anyway, I only told him 4 days ago so all very raw still yet. Immediately he said he would find a flat to rent temporarily whilst everything goes through as will take a min of 7 months . Great I thought. Good solution for everyone.
Since then hes either been thinking or taken advice from someone and he messaged me to say he would be living here for the duration. Fine , hes entitled to do that. Luckily we have a spare room.
But!!!!..... its absolutely unbearable being under the same roof. He can text me and talk to me that way occasionally , or have a very brief interaction about the kids. But he cant look me in the eye. Wont speak to me at all the rest of the time . All feels very awkward. Hes doing his own thing separate to me, meals , washing etc. Evenings are the hardest. Im just staying upstairs after tea until bedtime whilst he is downstairs.
How do we get through 7 months of this? And this is before the negotiations start which will probably become nasty aswell.
If I could leave i would go Immediately but I cant as I have more equity in the house and been advised to stay. Please someone give me hope and some tips of how to get through

General advice is that both parties should stay if both have rights to the house.

Does it need to be so long? For me it was told she wanted out at the very start of Feb, a couple of weeks until she confirmed that was the case, so official date was about 20th Feb. By 28th April she was out, I had remortgaged and bought her out. Separation agreement agreed by both and solicitors (i.e. 50/50 split of house).

It was tough as to a degree everything was like normal - shared a bed, actually got on a bit better but there was always an undertone or edge.

Advice I got from solicitor is to carry on as before, i.e. I was paying about 65% of bills so should carry on doing that.

It will take that long, if they have applied for the divorce this week, it will take 1 - 2 months for the conditional order then you havve to wait 20 weeks before you can apply for the final order. In the meantime, they need to agree finances

There is a 20 week compulsory waiting period once filed for divorce. Cannot do anything until past that stage and can then submit financial agreement to see if judge agrees.
My hope is to buy him out of the house so me and kids can stay here. But cant actually give him to money to all agreed by the judge so looking at September time at the earliest.
I just hope we can either become abit more relaxed and settle in to this new way of cohabiting but he needs to understand its tempor. Or he will change his mind and decide to go.