Okay, I’ll take back my original statement and turn around to say: “absolutely not!”.
“old habits die hard”, as the saying goes, and, in this context, this means that it is much harder to break existing relationships than create new ones. Even if it may seem otherwise. It is easier to stay in a relationship for a number of reasons: these two people know each other well, they know each others faults and virtues, they know what to expect and what not. they trust each other. They have children together.
For you, of course, this is a very difficult situation. Actually, you can’t do much but wait and see. You don’t really have a moral right to him as could be said in other circumstances. It is rather his children that have a right to him. And I guess he feels that as a responsibility.
Whether she makes him happy or not is besides the point: He may have decided that his duties in that relationship haven’t been fulfilled yet. And then, happiness is nothing that one person “gives” another. It is more a state of mind. Therefore a personal decision.
Now you may feel used. And probably you are. But don’t take it personal. Wait a little and then ask him for what his decision is and whether he knows what he is doing. If he says, he does, then that is the end of this story. If not, ask him to be straight with himself and you and to make up his mind. Give him time or, if you can’t wait, leave it right there. Your life isn’t over yet and there are other men in this world.
Hope this helps, even if it hurts
— Daniel
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