Separated from your kids, long distance?


I'm on the beach westside, there on the beach eastside. And I tell you, sometimes it hurts bad.

miss them lots.

I can only imagine how difficult it is to not be with your children,,, Hugs to you,,,

Remind them daily that you love them,,,

Wow, that's got to be bad. I hate it when my daughter goes away overnight just to a friends house. I can't imagine her being gone that far away. My heart goes out to you!

My daughter comes back to me tomorrow after a week with her Mom at the beach. That's long enough for me. Couldn't possibly even imagine not being near her.

I would never willingly go away from my son. It is why I live where I live.

I took him on vacation for ten days and asked my ex to get him early, by two hours, as I was very tired from the drive. He said no..... I was speechless. He did not see him for thirteen days!

If you can move back to your kids.... DO IT.

Absolutely agree!!!!

I have to leave her every once in a while to travel for business - I talk to her everyday but it's not the same.

In September I have to go to India for 22 days - I'm not sure how I'm gonna pull that off.

mine were like, ripped away. Only get to see them for 5 weeks in the summer and every other xmas. And this year, x made it so difficult again....

glad I'm not alone, sometimes it just really gets to me.

*got your mail brooke, to bad you live in Indiana, wait the OTHER one says Cali...... wow, you moved today?

yep the rest of my life....i am here ...they are with god....

I agree....I cant imagine..My kids are my heart and soul..They range in age from 19 to 9..


If you have the means to move closer to them ...definately a MUST DO...

My heart goes out to you hun..

Im lucky enought o have them every day, but the dad hasn't seen them in years. Talk about sad.

oh man, I know that would really get to me. My heart goes out to you.



In my case, the x uses them to her advantage. My kids even asked to live with me instead of her. And while I was on the phone with them, she said in a snotty voice,"do you want to live with your dad?". Both my girls say yes right away. She turns on them, "no". And this is their mother...

I know somewhat on how you feel. Both my sons would rather live with me. And right now is a great time, summer break. So I try to have them live with me as often as I am allowed. Just had to let them go with their grandma yesterday, I was thinking about not letting them go with her since my former had put in the divorce decree that no one other than us are allowed to pick them up. But I felt that would not be fair to their grandma (Her mom). I have been able to have them live here five of the seven weeks so far. I get them this Sunday for another week or maybe longer if I can work some magic.
I know this may sound harsh; I am trying to put this in perspective. If you miss them that much; Move closer to them. I know I gave up a really decent job that I could have taken, but my sons came first in that decision.
Good luck with your decision.

My 6 yr old has been in Pennsylvania for 2 weeks, we live in FL. Shell be home this week, but I miss my snuggle time.

Im fortunate that my 14 yr old (who towers me), lets me take my warm fuzzies out on him. lol

believe me if I had a choice I would have them with me right now, or be close to them. I don't want to go into detail, but I consider myself to be a honest person who wants to do the right thing. And boy did I ever try. I wasn't ready to be a father, but here I am. And right now the worst pain I feel is my kids being raised by someone who doesn't know how to take care of herself. I'm not saying I'm the perfect parent, but I know from right and wrong. Anyways, I guess I just have to deal with these issues some way. And try not to let it bring out the anger that chews at me night and day.

NO. It won't happen

You do have a choice, unless you are on probation/parole and they won't let you move. I live in Ohio as I have to to keep my son close. I loathe Ohio. I'd even live in Texas if they said I had to.

You can't convince me it is not a choice you are not geographically close to them. Sorry.

no, my record is clean...

I know what you are saying, but imagine being run over and not having a clue your even in danger. I was hit and left itching my head in front of a judge going wtf... heck, found out later my kids knew what was going to happen before I did. And what's even more sad, my oldest was trying to worn me before it happened. Anyways, here I go with the details again....

too bad I'm so clueless about things around me. I try to pay attention to the details, but I always seem to miss something important.

this whole thing has really messed with my head, and it's hard to bare sometimes.