Living in France, 2 kids, feeling very very sad. Have been thinking of divorce for 9months and still cannot talk to husband. Reasons why I am sad, he's not a bad bloke, I just want to move my life on. A trip to the doctors to get prozac won't help. But he's still stuck in his world and I have changed/grown in the 6 years of living here.

 Everything financially fairly equally tied together after 12 years of marriage, no debts, except he has a pension and I don't. Trying to find other expats living in France in similar position and advice whether to progress through an English court or find a

Ok where do I start on this, as the title says. When can you start having fun again?

My issue is that while I'm still legally married but not together as a partnership, where can I draw the line and start to enjoy myself again? The time with the kids is great and that I would not change for anything but I'm a man and obviuosly have other needs? (I'm sure you ladies on here also do)

I have the issue that I could go and have some adult fun and have a few offers but at the moment I can not bring myself to have the fun on offer?

Am I strange?     Should I?           Shouldn't I?           I don't

Well, realised 2 major things today.

1. I am all ready struggling financially, even though I am only 2 weeks post FDR settlement. I know I had no choice but to settle when I did and that he was not going to offer any more. I knew that it was pointless going to a FH as the house would have been repossessed by then.

 I know that in the current housing market I could take months to sell my house and every month I don't I will have to only pay a percentage of my mortgage as this is the only payment I cannot make without it having immediate consequences. A house without energy or water just can't be