I have thought about doing this often. I'm still fairly young and have a family, but would be wonderful if I could actually spend some time with my children and teach them how to survive in this crazy long con of a world. I would just love to have a small little farm and try to live off the land as much as possible. But the Govs seem to not like this idea and tax the crap out of us when we want to "separate" ourselves from the "system." :( I haven't lost hope yet, often I feel that just beyond the horizon there is a solution. I just can't quite see it yet.
I fully understand your dilemma having the responsibility for children. I couldn't even leave the State that I wanted too, until my child reached an age where I figured they can choose to come along or remain. Sharing child custody at the time also complicated things; I would not have wanted to separate them from their mother who loved them just as much as I...
Shared custody is always a very hard thing. I've had a lot of friends in this boat. Thankfully, I don't have to worry about that. When we said till death do us part, we meant it. There is really no getting out of it from this point, which is super comforting to know, but I have to take that into consideration when I may feel like, being all: "Let's go live in the woods or something (seemingly)crazy." I really don't want to be stuck with a wife who is perma-pissed at me, that would be... well torture. It took me a long time and had to switch hemispheres to find my "Eve," so as much as I may want to just get out of the rat race, I have to do it in baby steps, with gentleness, and love. The good news is she is defiantly open to the idea of a bit of farm land now, which is huge, as she was sort of a city/suburbs girl. The only big problem is a total lack of resources to acquire such property. Oh well, God may have to provide that, as I'm currently unsure how to acquire that sort of money while still abiding by my ethics.
When I said, "till death do I part" I meant it too...unfortunately she changed her mind. After eight years of marriage she began coaxing me to go play in traffic. When I refused dodging buses and zooming taxis to play hop-scotch on the avenue...she just packed up the tent and left...
We're still friends though after all these years...
I'm sorry to hear that brother, I didn't mean to imply that you were not fully committed FYI. I guess what I meant was we both are, which seems to be rare these days. Yeah, in that situation the only thing you can do is to let them go.
Don't worry bro...I wasn't offended. It is difficult sometimes through text to telegraph the flavor of words. Have a nice day. Thanks for the concern.