Dolfinity
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Reged: 08/19/08
Posts: 350
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Hello,
Are any of you single moms, and your kids are visiting their dad for the summer? This is my first summer without my little one. He is 5, and visiting his Dad for 7 weeks in Germany. (Dad is military.) It's been an emotional roller coaster for me. I've been trying to keep busy doing things I can't normally do when he's here... go to movies, work on home projects, join my co-workers for happy hour, sleep in late, etc. But I feel like there is a hole in my heart without my little guy. I have regularly scheduled calls with him twice weekly. But I feel so helpless if he cries on the phone or wonders why he has to stay there so long.
How do you other moms cope?
Missing my little man,
Dolfinity
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JennyLynn
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Reged: 07/14/05
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Awe, my heart goes out to you! I can't imagine how difficult it would be. My son's father has never exercised his summer visitation.
I think what you're doing is good...I don't think there's any way you can get rid of the feeling of that "hole" completely 
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Dolfinity
enthusiast
Reged: 08/19/08
Posts: 350
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Thanks JennyLynn. I can't imagine I'm the only other one going through this. Unfortunately, all my friends are married, so it's hard to find anyone to talk about it with.
On the positive side, we just made it past the half-way point.
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JennyLynn
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Good! And no, you're definitely not the only one going through it . Just stay strong, soon it'll be over with!
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Rudderless_Ship
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Reged: 08/04/09
Posts: 32
Loc: Mississippi, USA
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I think that is natural. It could be worse though. After retiring from the navy so I could spend more time with my family and be there for my 5 and 11 year old, my wife decided she wants to be single and not to love me any more. Furthermore she wants to move them to 10 hours away from me.
Now I will have that hole you have now for over 80 percent of the time. Count yourself lucky its not as bad for you as for a dad who wants to be a dad but is being told he should be happy watching his kids grow up in pictures again when he retired so as not to have to do that.
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Robin1
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Reged: 08/15/09
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cyber_green1
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Reged: 06/07/09
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Im not a mom but i can tell you that even dads go through the same thing and we also have feelings that rips our heart out when we hear the little ones crying becouse they cant see us.. just have to grow up and take it like an adult, I sometimes think its so one sided but again just have to grow up and take it like an adult. also try masterbating thats a good way to take up time while there away
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just sorta rambling, dont take my word for it I'm mostly wrong.
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