I frequent this board a lot, reading MN advice helps me a lot. I have been thinking about leaving (and have left, and taken DP back) several times.
This weekend I have snapped. I haven't cried really, but I have been determined. I told DP of ten years, 1DS, I that I wanted to break up.
It has been a long time coming I think, probably 3 years. I've tried everything I can think of to make this work, he's done nothing.
Watching him show emotion for the first time in years and break down when he looked at our son has heartbroken me. My son started bawling and didn't understand why daddy was so upset. It's making me question whether I should let him stay for the sake of our little one.
My question - how do you make this work? How do you keep this from affecting your children? Should I not be doing this? How do you maintain a relationship (in any form) for the sake of a child?