Well, here I am with just 2 days to go before a complete stranger decides what the future will be for me and the children. I feel more scared than I did about getting married. Perhaps I should have been more scared about that - especially as things have turned out 19 years down the line.

I married for ever .. not for this. But the man I married let all of us down again and again. He drank and retreated into his 'illness' to justify taking no responsibility for the children or for his actions - or lack of action.

Now after a sustained campaign of vindictiveness I am to go before a judge who

Hi,

Have just received divorce papers citing "unreasonable behaviour".  Amusing considering my wife's affair that has been ongoing for the last 12 months...

Anyway the petition according to my solicitor is very weak and defendable.  I realise that winning only means that we are married and she hates me even more.  But I am trying to buy time.

Due the the age of the children I would rather go for 2 years with consent and the only way forward at the moment is to defend etc.  2 years with consent as I work away and come home at weekends and can take the 3rd floor of the house.  Whilst not ideal it

I am currently barred from court on section 91/14 until 2010  not sure if this will be allowed to discuss cases in detail . I was divorced from my eldest sons father who is now 28 years old. Then in 1995 I met a con man whilst I was getting over the recent death of my mother. Ordinarily I would not have even looked side ways at this man. I was pregnant after a 2 months of him moving into my house. I had managed to put him out of the house due to him being work shy. Sounds now like some cheap magazine article . The relationship did not last longer because of the violence history. Back then I