Do you feel bad and miss your kids when you send them to visit their other parent??

I can't wait until they go, then I spend my time worrying about them, wanting to speak to them, shopping for them, cleaning their things and preparing for their return, I just wish I could relax while they are here and enjoy them more....

True for a lot of parents,wish my daughter would feel that away about her girls,she is so happy to get rid of them so she can do her thing with the man that broke up the family and that she wants to be with,but the girls have a great dad and loves them very much and he feels bad and miss them when he is away from them.

my eldest son has different dad to my girls, he see's his dad every weekend, i don't feel bad when he goes as i know he's well looked after there. Plus we've been split since he was a baby so it's always been that way.. My ex is now married and he and his wife have a 4yr old boy together a baby girl 4 days old(bless).. my ex's wife is very good to my son and treats him as her own.....I don't miss myson a whole lot at weekends (as i'm used to the situaton) but a few yrs ago he went on holiday with them for 2 weeks and i missed him loads then.

The first time my daughter went away to her dad's for the Summer I was a total wreck. I would over sleep for work and I couldn't eat. But with time it got easier. I finally met the guy who is now my husband and we actually look forward to our "grown-up time" on her dad's weekends. Don't get me wrong... it did take a really long time to get used to her being gone. You just need to learn how to stay occupied. Use it as time for yourself to do things you enjoy and normally don't get to do. Sleep in a little. go to the mall and buy a new outfit... and be glad you can go into the fitting room with out bored and whiny kids waiting impatiently. It's not being selfish, it's just being able to relax and take a break. By the time the kids get home, you are energized and ready to take on the world!

Sometimes, I miss them a lot. I'm the other parent. They live with their mother and we have no formal visitation agreement. I see them on a arbitrary basis, which kinda sucks. Interesting question.

well, my son lived with me. his egg Donner i mean his mother lived in another state , he would go see her in the summer for a month and yes i would miss him but it was like wow im free with no responsibility. then he would call 2 weeks into his stay and want to come home, and i was ready for him to come home.

all the time.

No because they don't with their father. He abandon them years ago.

yes, i would, their my kids and i'd be worried, even if i know they're safe with dad

yes i feel very lonely