Hi Wikipeeps

Well I promised I would keep those of you who were interested informed... so another two weeks on and its still going well.

 We are still living apart and I am seriously liking it .. In fact, I am worried I am liking it a little too much!  We both have our own space, I have the kids, I am financially stable (if not solvent!).  I do not have to cook, clean, wash or iron for him and I am not answerable to him.  I do have the love, attention and communication that wasnt there before he left.   It is, in many ways, the perfect relationship!

We are just about to book a family holiday for

As still the problem with ex persists, Im unstable.

But I go out and meet new ppl which is good. Made good mates since Ive got divorced.

Unfortunately about a month ago, I met some guy who I found nice and so did he. But we made it clear that not after relationship and I wanted to have just cool friendship.

As I work from home, I send and receive e-mails by mates, thus when I sent him e-mail as well, it did not mean too serious. But he found it that I'm too keen and thought I was only sending to him. So I just got tired of all the things and I felt bad that I made him uncomfortable and wasted

It is just about 12 months since my wife moved out to her own place and took our children to live with her.  I have them from Friday evening to Sunday evening.  One of my biggest fears in the separation for the children was that they would adopt the stbx's selfish, materialistic, media and hype driven 'must have now at all costs' mentality.

Sadly it seems that has come to pass.  Managed to get my eldest (16B) a job at a local 5* hotel over the summer holidays, waiting on at functions.  He earned about £800 and luckily was paid by cheque - I had the privelidge of subbing him all through the