Well it couldn't last obviously. Just been doing battle with HMRC whose 'helpline' has succeeded in making a bad situation much worse, with an inexplicable and unexpected demand for money My house has fallen through. I don't know how I am going to pay my bills, or where I am going to live or what to do about any of it. I am exhausted and resentful. X has been footing the bill for not one but two expensive properties, just not the one his wife and kids face eviction from, has been running up debts and using this address, and is now off on a jolly. It's been a long time, but I found

Still no word on my new house and, strange as it seems, we are living together peaceably in the family home which we are waiting to be sold' (it's been on the market 6 weeks and not one viewer) It has all been said between us and I have made it clear that it is over. It occurs to me that when you want to leave a home and someone buys it straight away that it the best feeling in the world. The opposite of that is when you don't want to leave a home and no-one wants to buy it anyway. That is so very painful. I have known for almost the entire marriage that I had married the wrong man. He

Hi all, little update from me. So things have been calm enough recently, we have settled in to this strange routine of living together but living apart. It suits me at the minute. I've been trying my hardest to get along with her as much as possible although still not speaking much. A few weeks back she sent me some pictures of the kids while she was out at the park with them, something I put a stop to a while ago as I didn't think it was of any use to me to see my girls out with her without me. I said thank you and got a reply of 'well maybe you could send me some when you do stuff'. Fine