Would you stay with a woman whom you hate with every fiber of your being in order to be a full time dad to your precious child? Or would separate and become a 4 day visitor to your child?

My situation is the girlfriend will take my kid to another state if we split up. Housing is crazy so it would be very difficult for me to follow my kid. And even if I did, I’d only get my kid every other weekend. We already have court ordered custody arrangements but are still together in an extremely toxic relationship. I so desperately want to escape and be free and happy again but how could I ever be happy without coming home to my sweet kid every night? I wanna be an all the time daddy

She knows she has the leverage over me. She has my kid and if I cross her or kick her out, I’ll be back on the 4 days a month schedule. For a few years I have been living in hell just to be a dad but some days idk if I can bear another day.

I guess it’s a catch 22. I’m miserable with her but without her I won’t have my kid and I’ll still be miserable. What would you all do?