My husband's mother left his father when he was that age. It created a lot of lifelong trust issues for him and his siblings. There was no warning or discussion. She just left to be with another man one day. It broke his father. He had his own issues, of course. None of us are without our 'stuff'.
They were two people who clearly should have split long before. Waiting until the kids are older is just the right thing to do is a lie people tell themselves to rationalize staying and suffering. It ends up hurting the kids, IMO.
You leave before it breaks you.
From her own statements IG gave her nothing but warning he was unhappy in the marriage and wanted out. She even said she wanted a divorce and told the girls she'd get them another dad. They tried couples counseling, something I recall she mocked publicly. They moved apart and officially separated. He then filed for divorce.
It's all in her own words or transcripts of recordings he submitted.
The girls had fair warning. It wasn't a sudden move. The only surprise to them was that he started a new relationship once he left. It's called moving on. And in time that becomes the new norm if the other parent isn't exploding daily and turning a standard life event into an ugly public spectacle.
MOO
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My husband's mother left his father when he was that age. It created a lot of lifelong trust issues for him and his siblings. There was no warning or discussion. She just left to be with another man one day. It broke his father. He had his own issues, of course. None of us are without our 'stuff'.
They were two people who clearly should have split long before. Waiting until the kids are older is just the right thing to do is a lie people tell themselves to rationalize staying and suffering. It ends up hurting the kids, IMO.
You leave before it breaks you.
From her own statements IG gave her nothing but warning he was unhappy in the marriage and wanted out. She even said she wanted a divorce and told the girls she'd get them another dad. They tried couples counseling, something I recall she mocked publicly. They moved apart and officially separated. He then filed for divorce.
It's all in her own words or transcripts of recordings he submitted.
The girls had fair warning. It wasn't a sudden move. The only surprise to them was that he started a new relationship once he left. It's called moving on. And in time that becomes the new norm if the other parent isn't exploding daily and turning a standard life event into an ugly public spectacle.
MOO
And to add…. Those girls, however young they were, knew their parents weren’t happy. Kids know and sense things. So I agree, the only surprise was his new relationship. Those girls had to have seen and felt that neither parent was happy at home.
as you can watch catch-up/stream on all of them now. There's also freeview, which I think is English? 
en.wikipedia.org
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