I split from exH 3 months ago. We have tried to explain simply to DS (aged 4) and DD (nearly 3) what's happening in practical terms but they are very young.
DS talked to me about it properly for the first time this morning and it made me feel so sad and guilty.
He said how much he missed daddy living with us and how he liked it when we were all a whole family. I told him how much we both love DS and we are still a family but in a different way because M & D don't live together any more. I felt so sad for him and terribly responsble for causing him grief as I instigated the separation. However DH had an affair and we had a lot of other problems and I'm feeling such relief to be on my own.
Has anyone got suggestions for how best to handle this? DH and I are trying our best to be amicable and he just started taking the children overnight now and then. He also sees them most days doing the nursery run or popping in.