My boyfriend of 8 years told me on Friday that he wants to separate. We have 2 young children, ages 2 and 3. We have a history of breaking up and getting back together but not since the kids have we broken up. I am in total shock even though we have been fighting a lot and we have both threatened to end things. I thought I wanted this, but now that it is a reality I don't want it. I am scared and sad and feel like a dear caught in the head lights. I am in total denial, I feel like I may be able to fix this, that I can show him that I can stop fighting and that we can stay together as a family. He is not telling me that I have to leave the house right away and the only option I have if I do is to move about 120 miles away to my parents house with my kids. He does not want me to take the kids so far away and promises me that there will be a court battle if I do. I am just so upset and even seeing him makes me cry. sometimes just looking at my kids makes me sad and fearfully for what the future brings. Can anyone else sympathise with what i am going through?