Cheers to her successful enterprise, she managed to buy a house big enough for them all – her father lived in one area of the house. This meant her kids saw their parents constantly and their lifestyles were not upended.
The family ’s living arrangement continued throughout the kids ’ primary school years. When they were in secondary class, Carolyn helped her father set up his own organization and ultimately, he moved out.
“I’m blessed that my company provided me the methods to have this life arrangement. I wanted my kids to have access to their parents.
“We are better off as companions, but not as husband and wife. Whatever problems we had, were adults ’ problem and not the kids’. Their marriage with him should never change because of our marriage. ”
SHARING ROOMS WITH THE EX And ON Christmas
Priscilla ( not her real name ), who is in her late sixties, divorced her husband in 2012, when their child was three.
“Looking back, I was focused on our newborn and did n’t give him the attention he needed as his partner, ” the general manager said.
Her father moved out when their child was a few months old therefore returned a few months afterward to try and make things work. But issues fell off in a year.
She continued to live with him in the same home although they had individual rooms. By next, she was a single family to their one-year-old boy.
“ He was not around when it mattered. When our son was tired with a high temperature, instead of staying around to support, he bailed to go on a date, ” she said.
When a big fight turned real and she injured her hands, they realised that battle was futile – and he moved out completely. “We saw it was essential for us both to recognize that our marriage was over. That everything we were doing if benefit our brother, ” she said.