Ego's, control, power, self-esteem, pain, and broken hearts. I sit here and wonder about when a couple separate and there is a child/children involved, what considerations have they taken in regards to the children. I am very much aware of our Family Law system being clogged and cases taking so long to get through and child/children are without both parents in their lives because of this broken system. I think about my own separation, and it was hard, it broke me into pieces

Let's face it our Ex-partner, will know all the emotional buttons, possibly the ones that push us over to a place of anger, disappointment and frustration! And perhaps this button pushing was one of the reasons you are no longer together. Possibly it may become worse since you have separated, this may come out of their own hurt and pain. But as we can't control what they will do we can control how we can react. When we are left with a situation where you are relying on your