Hello,
My husband and I separated a couple of weeks ago. We have been together for 12 years, married for almost 9. Nothing nasty has triggered the split, no infidelity or anything at all. We have simply grown apart, have nothing in common and don't particular enjoy being with each other anymore. I don't love him anymore and after 8-9months of really trying we have called it a day. Although he is more upset than I am, we are fairly amicable, he is still living here but hoping to move out in the next 2-3 weeks.
We have 3 children, DD age 6, DS age 4 and DS age 2. We want to tell them at the weekend, when we are all together and they then have all weekend to ask questions and everything. We just are a bit stuck about how to tell them. We want to make sure to reinforce that we love them both still and that we always be their Mummy and Daddy, and emphasis what won't change - same home for us, same school etc. I guess what is really troubling me is actually opening the convo and how much information are they able to handle.
Hopefully someone can give me some tips, I'm going to have a nose on the threads and see what other info I can find. I guess I may be here for a while now. I'm Tracy, 31 and live in Sussex, I stay at home full time with the kids, but used to work in dentistry. At the moment I'm aiming to do the teaching assistant qualification next September and then go back to work once DS age 2 has started school.
TIA x
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Advice please on how to tell children age 2, 4 and 6
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Agent31 · 25/04/2012 20:47
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