Feeling sad & overwhelmed

[Twizzlelolly]

Me and partner have decided to split. I know it’s the right decision, we haven’t been happy for a long time.

i just feel so sad. Gutted that I am going to miss out on part of my children’s lives and childhoods. Keep thinking of staying so I don’t have to miss them and do the co-parenting thing.

I am sorry that you are going through this at the moment - it’s an incredibly hard time, but it sounds like you have not only made the right decision for your children, but also both of you.

You all deserve happiness, and if you haven’t been happy for a long time, there is no point staying together and passing that unhappiness onto the children and them seeing that growing up.

Take one day at a time, be kind to yourself and spend as much time as you can with the kids. Wishing you the best x

Ps - it’s ok to feel sad and whatever else you may be feeling, and it’s perfectly normal. Time will heal this so keep taking one day at a time x

I too am going through a breakup, so can sympathise with your post entirely. No words of wisdom, just support. I hope you’re ok. Emotional pain is the worse

Thank you for your kind replies, it does help.

Feels like an impossible situation. Stay and be unhappy, unloved and live in a house with a terrible atmosphere which is obviously not great or sustainable. Yet the thought of being without my children (4 & 6). Ugh, it’s a killer. Guess you are right. One day at a time……

By separating you're stopping your kids living in the house with the terrible atmosphere.