My wife and I made the decision to finally divorce this week and as many of you know, it is anything but easy. The pain of having to say goodbye to your old life, telling the kids, and figuring out what to do financially.

She is actively looking for another place to live (possibly with her sister) and I am staying put at our current house. We just don’t have the money saved up where she can leave and go to a hotel. It has been very amicable (despite a lot of lying and cheating on her part) and we still very much care for each other. I don’t have the kind of ego or heart to just throw her out (I legally can’t either)

The hard part is just seeing her right now. Knowing that she’s going out and potentially looking for another relationship already. Knowing that we just drifted a part after both making sacrifices for so many years and never really took the time to go on dates and always putting the kids ahead of everything.

What are some suggestions on how to cope and navigate through all of this? I know some are probably obvious but this is just a really emotional time and any advice would be comforting.