Separating from my EX is like having one less child to deal with. His mother did everything for him for the first 27 years and it felt like I did it for the next nine.

The relief !

A lot of the stories have similarities - things are not great, but you think you should stay to keep the family unit together, you don't want to be the one to break it up.

Someone made a comment back there about being glad they're 28 and not 38 - well, I'm happy to be single and 38 and not 48 !! My EX suggested we still live together and pretend to be a family until the kids were teenagers !!!

Have never once regretted moving out.