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Hiya folks, this is your friendly neighborhood emo-man with some good news.
Many of you who keep up with me know that my wife left me last October, and since then I've been battling for custody of my two boys. Well, a couple of months ago, my "estranged" (I hate that word) wife started being a lot more civil to me, and communication with her has been a lot easier lately. Still, a looming court date was to decide the fate of my two boys, and who would be primarily caring for them.
When my wife left me, she moved almost 3 hours away, so it was gonna be one or the other of us that had the kids the vast majority of the time. We've been splitting custody 50/50 temporarily until the court date, one week at my house, and then a week at hers. I've been working odd jobs and spending as much time with the boys as possible, not knowing if this would be my last chance to do so. It's been hard to make ends meet, but she agreed to pay child support when we made the temporary custody agreement, so while I was still going in the hole, her money every month slowed the decline into debt somewhat.
Well, here, I'll get to the point. When we talked last night to let the boys say goodnight to her over the phone, she asked if she could talk with me about something important. I didn't know what to think, I was scared. So she says she's been thinking a lot lately and has decided to give me full custody of the children, as she thinks I'll be able to devote more time to them than she can. You could have knocked me over with a feather. I won't go into the personal stuff out of respect for her, but suffice to say, she'll be pursuing her new life and love, and I'll be raising the living hell outta my boys.
It's not the best of all possible worlds, but it's a close second. I can't put into words my relief, or my respect for her for making what must have been one of the hardest decisions of her life.
The past two years have been hard for me, with both of my parents dying, and my wife leaving, who I must say honestly I loved very much. I had such a horrible fear that I would lose my kids too. My kids are a giant part of my life, and though it'll be hard being a single parent, I know I can raise them up good, and everything will work out in the end.
Thanks to everybody who's been a friend to me here during these hard times. They would've been harder times without you.
Special thanks to 5uck3rpunch and matt1freek for their sage advice, and Lagman and Linki and the mods, and everyone else on my "Friends of Carlotta" list.
..also Orc!
Wish me luck!
mthr
Many of you who keep up with me know that my wife left me last October, and since then I've been battling for custody of my two boys. Well, a couple of months ago, my "estranged" (I hate that word) wife started being a lot more civil to me, and communication with her has been a lot easier lately. Still, a looming court date was to decide the fate of my two boys, and who would be primarily caring for them.
When my wife left me, she moved almost 3 hours away, so it was gonna be one or the other of us that had the kids the vast majority of the time. We've been splitting custody 50/50 temporarily until the court date, one week at my house, and then a week at hers. I've been working odd jobs and spending as much time with the boys as possible, not knowing if this would be my last chance to do so. It's been hard to make ends meet, but she agreed to pay child support when we made the temporary custody agreement, so while I was still going in the hole, her money every month slowed the decline into debt somewhat.
Well, here, I'll get to the point. When we talked last night to let the boys say goodnight to her over the phone, she asked if she could talk with me about something important. I didn't know what to think, I was scared. So she says she's been thinking a lot lately and has decided to give me full custody of the children, as she thinks I'll be able to devote more time to them than she can. You could have knocked me over with a feather. I won't go into the personal stuff out of respect for her, but suffice to say, she'll be pursuing her new life and love, and I'll be raising the living hell outta my boys.
It's not the best of all possible worlds, but it's a close second. I can't put into words my relief, or my respect for her for making what must have been one of the hardest decisions of her life.
The past two years have been hard for me, with both of my parents dying, and my wife leaving, who I must say honestly I loved very much. I had such a horrible fear that I would lose my kids too. My kids are a giant part of my life, and though it'll be hard being a single parent, I know I can raise them up good, and everything will work out in the end.
Thanks to everybody who's been a friend to me here during these hard times. They would've been harder times without you.
Special thanks to 5uck3rpunch and matt1freek for their sage advice, and Lagman and Linki and the mods, and everyone else on my "Friends of Carlotta" list.
..also Orc!
Wish me luck!
mthr
