A little less than a month ago I left the house in a manner that was a bit rash. It was in the middle of the night and I didn’t say bye to the kids. Less than 12 hours later I let my stbx know that I was coming back. She of course went off the rails, saying that I abandoned them (luckily I have the I’m coming back statement as a text). And she of course immediately made my kids feel like I abandoned them too.

I could of course go back whether she wants me to or not, but I don’t think that would have ended well. The only place I had to go is quite far away so just dropping by isn’t an option. I am worried I am losing my kids.

Is anyone else dealing with something like this?

I don’t really know what to do and maybe there isn’t really anything I can do right now. It just really hurts that she took my abandoning her and did her best to make my kids feel that way too. I can’t help but think if this had been her walking out I would have just told the kids mom needed to get out for a while and tried to make them feel comfortable.