Where to begin … I have been separated for about a yr now I am a mother of 2 , I have known there father since we were 3 years old , we went to preschool together elementary , and high school , thru the yrs we were never really friends we were just always aware of eachother , it wasn’t till about 5 yrs after highschool where we started to date , we fell hard and fast ! he was the first person to ever just ground he was my rock my support system , I was abused sexually and physically growing up so for anyone to just make me feel as secure as him was a big deal . with in 6 months we were pregnant to our surprise we moved in and were astronomically happy and in love with our life ! things happened very fast , we fell hard got pregnant and moved out all with in 9 months, sure there were issues , we had to get to know eachother on a different level FAST but we prevailed and fell more in love a few yrs later we bought a home our first home , and within the same week we planned on trying for our second baby , we were moving in to our home town a small village town with all his best friends around , he has always been a very social person but I figured I could put my foot down and everything would be fine , when we moved he all of a sudden had best friend day , baseball , hockey , curling , before and after parties he worked from 8am – 8pm mon- Saturday and on sundays he was so hungover no one would want to be around him , I saw him less and less . I would bring it up and he would stay home but all his friends would call text or show upcall him whipped etc … eventually he would pout and I would give in and be like go out , but mean while I had a colic new born and a 4 yr old . I cooked cleaned baked packed his lunches, took care of the kids while he got to let loose have a break , without knowing my resentment grew and grew , it was Christmas morning and I was so excited it was my sons first xmas and the first in our home , I woke up with anxiety and I decded to go on facebook , there was a message and it was naked photos and videos and texts , he had gone on a porn site one night I was asleep and and she sent me everything ! I was sick to my stomach I was shaking, I woke him up and he started crying and said it was just a porn site it was just some random site it ment nothing , we had Christmas morning for my kids with a smile but I needed him to give me space so I could wrap my head around it . after 2 weeks he came back and I said I will work on us but he needs to step up and be around ! for a few weeks he did but he started getting pressured to go out again ( I feel like he still thinks hes in highschool) my youngest got really sick and I was up for 48 hrs 15 hrs a day of crying and my partner was out everyday , I woke him up at 5 am because I was at my wits end and needed help and asked where he put the thermometer he lost it at me for waking him up and started scolding be wagging his finger at me like I was a child , THAT WAS MY BREAKING POINT ! after months of holding my shit together I lost it I told him I was done and I was over this I deserved so much more and I needed him out ! he left and it shattered my heart but I pretended like it was fine , i started to drink , at night when the kids slept i had my wine to relax and eventually it got out of hand , i quit cold turkey and sought out counselling i was a mess i couldn’t eat i lost 30 lbs and had panic attacks many times a day , i kept telling myself this is all a learning lesson and its what we do with it that depicts our future i was determined to claw my way out and be the best version of myself ! i am now working full time as a preschool teacher , me and my kids are best friends and i live alone , me and my ex have put our kids first despite our frustrations with eachother , but the past couple months we have gotten closer and closer , he shows up at 6 am to help me with the kids before work and school , and drops us off and picks us up he gives me a key to his house so if the weathers bad we can just go over to his house and he will drive us home , we have had lunch , and 2 dinners , we have had marathone tv show days , he came over for pizza and movies on sunday , he takes me to my landlords to pay rent , he brings me coffees and doughnuts whenever he wants and does my laundry and hits on me we text up to 100 times a day , when he picks the kids up he lets himself in and we sit and talk for about a hr , its been very nice its kind of like we are connecting on a level i think we missed out on because we got pregnant so fast , he asks me about my day we sit down as a family . the frustration part which drives me nuts is , ill ask him what his intentions are because one second he acts like he likes me then the next second he is trying his hardest to be strong and tough and to not even smile at me he gets flustered and says he doesn’t want anything he is scared and he likes it the way things are and he reminds me every time that i left him he never left me. there are so many ways he shows me he cares and i cant tell if i am just being a uber girl and super emotional and if this is my way of over thinking things so i can ruin it and its secretly my defence mechanism. i don’t want to rush in to a relationship i like getting to know him again , i am just terrified and don’t want to be stupid , i want him back i want my life back i want my family back , i feel i have grown stronger and wiser but my wounds are still open and i don’t know if i should just give up or stop over thinking and see hes trying and he wouldn’t do theses things every day if he wasn’t and enjoy the ride ????