Well,  STBX has introduced his 'special friend' to the girls, good, about time he moved on with his life.  They are happy with it and so am I - he doesnt seem to be though!

He is seemingly amazed that I have not reacted to this news, other than 'No, I dont have a problem' and 'yes I am getting divorce sorted' (as he 'told' me to last week by text - it has been held up by him controlling when HE wants it done in his words ''I dont care how or when you do it, its only a piece of paper.')

Therefore I have booked appointment for mediation (I am under no illusions that this will work as he will walk

Had a meeting with my solicitor this morning to discuss various things.

Firstly, the house transfer into my name. We are just awaiting his signature on the documents, now there is a surprise. Hopefully he will just sign them but no doubt it will be in his own time.

I am still waiting for him to sign my life insurance over to me. I am the one paying the premium every month and he is the one that would benefit from my death. I need to know that there is at least a small amount of money set aside for the children if anything should happen to me (I have looked at replacing the policy but it was not

We lived together 3 years, bought a nice house and got married. We didnt have children as i couldn't stay pregnant for long, always miscarried around 8 weeks! Hubby had 4 kids from 1st marriage and we all got on pretty well, they stayed with us some weekends & on holidays, they lived away so contact wasnt constant.

I thought we happy together on the whole, despite his problems with alcohol & pill addiction (codeine dependency).

I encouraged him to leave his employmennt at sea & pursue a new career through college. I supported him for 3 long years until he graduated with full honours, i was so