Did you have to sell the family home when you separated and how did you feel on moving out day ?

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We would need to sell the family home when we separate - my choice to split - im devastated at the thought of that. There are no other alternatives. Moving out day would be the hardest in my life. And in front of all the neighbours too (cul-de-sac of 10 houses, everyone knows everyone)
Anyone got any experience of this

We sold the family home and it was my decision to split. It did feel really sad on leaving day especially for my daughter as she loved her bedroom. But I never really like the house. It was bought to patch up an already dead marriage and I buried myself in it renovating it to avoid facing up to the reality that I needed to get out. Just to complicate things me and my daughter ended up living in my exhtb's new house (he stayed with a friend) because we couldn't find anything suitable to buy and couldn't rent because of dogs.

However, those feelings soon passed when I moved into a house of my own. Just being able to shut the door on my ex. Not having to deal with his weird passive aggressive mind games was bliss.

It will be sad but not as sad as staying in a bad marriage. Children adapt to new surroundings. Our new house was walking distance to our daughter's school. It is much smaller, easier to look after and not shared with a total dick. Win, win.

It will be sad, it's almost a grieving process. Just have to take it one day at a time, let yourself feel whatever you need to, cry if you need to cry. It's a new chapter and it'll be so much better x

I haven’t done it yet but will be next spring. I love this house and have many happy memories. For now I’m - enjoying living here (my next house won’t be in a such a nice area / as big)

• remembering that a nice house alone didnt bring me happiness in and of itself. I’d rather have a smaller home and be true to myself. Good luck. It’s hard. But it is just bricks and mortar. We will create happiness in our new places.