Clarification

I think I should clarify one thing:

I don't hate my husband.  I don't like what he's done.  I don't like the way he's treated us.  I don't like his selfishness.  But I don't hate him.

I don't want to "take him to the cleaners".  I just want my children and myself provided for.  I don't want to put him into the poor house.  I don't want to take the kids away from their father.

Our state doesn't have a mandatory separation law.  We can live under the same roof until the divorce is final.   I don't know if that will work or not.  Right now, there isn't a spare room for either of us to use.

I'm praying to keep everything civil, but he is the unknown factor.  He will either take it well and move, on or he will go in the opposite direction and fight me every step of the way.

I'm praying he does the former.