Torn Between Two Worlds: Family, Divorce, and the Pain of Distance 😢✈️

Three years ago, my life flipped upside down after my divorce. I have two wonderful kids with my ex, and we share custody 50/50. Since then, I’ve found love again and had another child, but my heart aches every day because my family—the only support I have left—is in another country. My partner and I work exhausting hours, leaving our kids at daycare before sunrise and picking them up after dark. We’re both drowning in loneliness and depression, missing our families and struggling to keep it together. My new partner’s parents are also far away, and travel is so expensive that our youngest has only seen his grandparents twice in 14 months. We dream of moving closer to our families for a better life, but the courts only care about my eldest two. We’ve offered to fly them back for visits, but nothing feels right. Every goodbye between siblings breaks my heart. Has anyone else faced this impossible choice? How did you cope? Please share your stories—I need to know I’m not alone. 💔 #FamilyStruggles #DivorceLife #LongDistanceParenting #FamilyRelationships