When my husband got the solicitors letter he seemed surprised and accused me of sneaking off to the solicitor.  I asked him what else was I supposed to do... he was not doing anything to work on this marriage.  I asked him not to try and take what was left of my inheritance.  If I was leaving him in the home, the least he could do was let me have my money for a new start.  He agreed. 

The children told me that they wanted to come and live with me in Canada but they wanted to finish their education first.  At this time it all seemed a bit unreal, and I'm not convinced that I was sure I would

Rang the mediation people to book first appointment - she asked if we wanted single appointments or a joint one - I gave her Peter's mobile and she rang him - she rang me back to say he had requested a single meeting - and gave me my appointment - I cried and she said it would be ok - not a good start to Monday morning.  Then followed:

Messages from peter:     Got a call from mediation 10am on the 6^th Oct

Message from me:         mine is 11.30 on the same day

Message from peter:      I must be really stupid I thought we went 2 the same meeting. U can tell your friends how naïve I am in so many

I am sorry that I did not get back sooner after last weeks 5th mediation.I had to let the session sink in a bit. Well what can I say.....It was my wish list day...My wish was that I would allow my wife to be the main carer of my daughter and that the monies would be devided up 45-55% in my wife's favour.She on the other hand wanted a 40-60% split in her favour.For a whole hour we reminded eachother about our needs and how we really wanted what we wanted and why..With five minuets left on the the clock I gave up.I just wanted this silly game to finish, so I agreed to her terms of 40-60% I said