As above really, I want to separate from my DH but I just can't see how it will work financially, in the short term at least. Longer term I think we will need to sell the house as there is quite a lot of equity so we could probably both buy new, smaller properties. However in the short term we earn just enough to run one household, there's no spare and we have no savings. We can't afford to run the family home plus a rented property for the other person. Ideally I would want to stay in our house initially to provide some stability for the DCs, as I do the majority of childcare. However, I'm also not sure what happens if DH won't leave, the house is in both our names.
Does this mean we have to continue living together until the house is sold? I really don't want to do this as things are pretty bad at the moment already and I haven't even broached the subject of separation with him yet. It will get nasty (he is emotionally abusive/controlling hence needing to get out). Any experiences/advice appreciated x