My Kids Live Part-Time in a Big House With Their Dad but Prefer Life Full-Time With Me in My Tiny Apartment
Why live in a big house when the person you love most isn’t there?
When I divorced my husband, I left behind a life in a large, four-bedroom house. I moved with our children into a tiny, two-bedroom apartment. My ex also moved into a small, one-bedroom place.
Luckily, the kids didn’t complain about not living with their dad anymore. He didn’t have the room in his new place to fulfill his side of the custody agreement. The kids lived full-time with me in my apartment.
Above all, the kids didn’t seem upset in the least that their parents had split up. They didn’t shed a single tear. They were happy living with me — their mom.
The only thing they did seem sad about was the fact we no longer lived in that big house. They didn’t even need their dad there. They just wanted to live in the big house again.
My kids would often reminisce about how much they’d loved living in that home, saying things like: “Remember the big house we used to live in? Oh, I wish we still lived there!”
They talked about the large yard, even though they never even played in it. Yes, that house was spacious and had grass lawns…
