Divorced couples - age of kids?

[cadburyegg]

I'm nearly divorced. My kids are 5 and 8 and i have been separated for 3 years from their dad. I barely know any other single parents. But I read a LOT on here of women wanting to leave their marriage but are stuck.

It got me thinking. If you are separated / divorced from your kids other parent how old were your children? Do people often wait til their kids are teens or older? If you are planning to leave at some point, what age will your kids be?

I waited till my older daughter was way too old, seperated but lived in family homr together for 4 years. Divorced him and properly moved out when she was 15 and youngest daughter was 8. Oldest can’t move on, is angry mainly at me and is very unhappy and will not accept my partner of 3 years which causes all sorts of issues. Younger one loves my partner and his kids and enjoys the new family life. Younger kids adapt better as my partners kids were 3 and 4 when they split.
dont worry you are not alone ..: you will be suprised how many of your happily married friends end up on the same path.

Better probably when younger. Mine was 3. I specifically got on with it then while he still had another year to go of nursery as I thought starting school and dealing with a split would be a lot of change at once.
It worked out well in the end, we have a super close bond.

My DD is 5, one year of the relationship.

My kids were 23, 20 and 17, bhey still lived with us at that point. They all took it really well. I think that teens may be taking the change the hardest as they are already often struggling with other parts of their lives.

I left my XP of 10 years when our child was 2.