The Mrs and I have decided that we will be splitting. Thankfully it’s all very amicable. But we have certain family celebrations coming up, as well as holidays, and so to ensure that we do not ruin the moment for our families we have decided to wait a few months to tell people, especially our children.

Not only that, but we are even waiting the next 6-7 weeks before I even leave the bedroom and move to the basement.

I’m having a really hard time with it all. I walk around the house knowing that it’s not really my house anymore (I’m going to leave and get an apartment and she will stay) but I can’t actually move on with my life in any way until the earliest November, possibly December. There are so many emotions especially with the family events coming up and it all feels so hard.

Anyone else here have experience with this limbo? How did you handle it? I’m lucky that the split will be amicable and I know so many have it so much worse. Perhaps I should just force myself to be grateful and call it a day. I don’t know.

Any (ideally compassionate) thoughts would be much appreciated.