The annual review by Social Services suggests that my wife has succeeded in her threat to ensure that I never see our children again if we divorce: "Hi (Ignatz) We have met with (your daughter aged 17) on her own and are yet to meet with (your stepdaughter aged 24). (your daughter) is very clear that she would like to rekindle her relationship with yourself as you are her father, she loves you and misses you. However, given the nature of your divorce proceedings and all the implications involved she would prefer to remain neutral, not take sides and feels its only possible to

Feeling rather down as my daughter seems to no longer want to see me or communicate since I started the divorce in February. Was seeing her about once a fortnight before that. When I had moved from the family flat to another in the same building, I saw her about every 2-3 days. Saw both daughter and stepdaughter for 1 hour on my birthday in August. I wonder if awful stories have been told about me, now that I have started the divorce. One day all this will be

A long time since I blogged, but I have just found this and thought it worth sharing for anyone else out there suffering from domestic abuse. I had completely forgotten about this incident even though it came after I reported an attempted stabbing incident by my wife to the local police- which resulted in me be taken to a friend's house in the middle of the night. My advice is get out early. I stupidly stayed with my wife for another 4 years (of hell) hoping she would one day be happier (and get some treatment for her