Beth (Caller)

Failed on them.

What I told them when I did talk to them when I decided it was going to be a divorce and I just kind of looked up scripts online and I tried not to sound scripted.

But I just said, mommy and daddy haven't been able to solve their adult problems while being married.

And so we're not going to be married anymore.

That's called a divorce.

And mommy and daddy still love you and you will still get time with both of us.

And your job is just to be a kid.

You don't have to fix these problems or figure out whose fault it is.

You know, any question they had, I just tried to kind of say those same words in different ways.

I just, it's like, I'm their source of stability and consistency and safety and

And I feel like, because they do blame me.

They believe that I've pushed him out of our lives by their own words.

Right.

That would be awesome.

I've let them see me cry and that's one thing I think does actually help them.

And they'll say, are you missing daddy?

And I say, yes.

Yeah.

Okay.