SingleDad Posted July 15, 2008 Posted July 15, 2008 My legal separation began in Mid June for 12 months minimum. My STBXW bought her own house 5 miles away and we have a 2 1/2 year old daughter. We have good parenting terms. She gets 4 overnights and I get 3 overnights each week. The separation is so raw that we have been doing the Limited contact thing which works as the pick-up and drop-off of our daughter is at daycare. We really never need to see each other. Unfortunately, I love my wife and pray that some sort of reconciliation can be made. Not sure if even possible but I pray that means re-building from scratch, or living separately and have family dates/events. I've been doing the Single/Separated Dad routine for past 3 months. I love the one-on-one time with my daughter, but can't stand the 4 days per week without her. I am curious what type of relationship do others have with their child's other parent after separation or divorce - with regard to time together with their child. I have hear to many people tell me to move on with my life and date others (even though I am still married). If there are any who connect with their Ex and child regularly, How do you do it ?
justchar Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 My ex and I work together and we transition our son when he comes into work and I leave....he has days, I have nights and we do every other weekend. So far it has worked out well. Every now and then we might hang out for a a little bit and chat about our son or other things going on. We did try reconciling after divorcing but it didn't work out. It's been about 6 months since we stopped seeing each other and I've been dating someone else the past 5. Things were hard at first, but it does get easier with time. I know the first weekend I didn't have my son I cried and cried. Now, I look forward to having time to do things like spending time with the BF or going out with friends, and even best just doing absolutely nothing I'm not sure how the dating during separation works...for me If I had I wouldn't have dated until I was divorced.
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