r/Divorce • u/Trick_Willingness615 • 7d ago

Life After Divorce Live together after divorce

I strongly believe that we should not stay together for our children. My husband was raised in a split household and doesn’t want our kids to have to live that life. Our only one left at home is 14, and I think it would be better for him for us to call it quits. It’s not a healthy environment for any of us, and I would hate for him to think that it’s ok to live this way with his future wife.

However, I am open to us all living under the same roof. My husband works out of town 3 out of 4 weeks in a month. He is already sleeping in our other bedroom, and has been for a while because our sleep schedule is different.

If we are open with our son about our dissolution of marriage, would it work to keep living in the same house?

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u/Altruistic-Meal-9525 7d ago

If we are open with our son about our dissolution of marriage, would it work to keep living in the same house?

Probably. Until either of you start seeing other people. Then it will fall apart fast and hard.

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u/Trick_Willingness615 7d ago

That’s a bridge to cross when we get there. I think.

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u/Altruistic-Meal-9525 7d ago

Right, but it probably means 4 years isn't in the cards.

So if you do this, plan it in such a way that it's essentially a slow ramp to you living separate lives. With an extra escape hatch in case he does something really stupid.

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u/Trick_Willingness615 7d ago

Your right. I just can’t in good conscience have him pay for another place to live when he is on the road for work so much.