BigLibby....wow, rough situation. In my opinion when you have a kid you should try and stick it out up to the point you are ready to take a gun to yourself or your wife.

Seriously though, the kid is the one that always loses....no matter what all the liberal b.s. says. I am not religious, so this isn't some "God hates divorse thing"....I just think we owe it to our kids to stick around. No matter how much you "plan" on spending time with them, you aren't going to be there for them in the little times. My daughter (5) stubbed her toe on the table last night, and came sat on my lap as she cried. As she sit there, we got to talking about why boys pick on girls on her kindergarten class......we had a great talk for about 30 minutes....all because I was there when she stubbed her toe. Times like these can't be had when you are only around every other weekend.
Think about it this way....would you jump in front of a bullett for your kids? If you had to endure a year of the worst torture for a year, to save them from 1 week of the same torture, would you do it? If you answered yes, then you need to rethink your need to leave for happiness.
O.K. With that little sermon said, you also do need to have personal happiness....and that comes from truthful communication. You have got to sit down and talk with your wife and find out what her real issues are. I bet you will be surprised. The problem is, women mask their feelings behind about 4 layers of B.S. things they hate about you. Example...."I hate that you don't pick up your socks"....masks, "I hate that you don't help around the house", which masks "you don't appreciate the work I do", which masks "I don't think you love me". The problem many of us have is we ask, why do you hate me so much, we hear "you don't pick up your socks".....instead of asking more probing questions, we spend the next hour fighting about why should we pick up our socks when they put the toilet paper role on backwards. Women are emotional, and tend to guard those emotions. They are not expecting you to take the time to really dig deep without getting defensive. When you do, it shows you care, and finds out what the real issue is. In my case, I found out I can still leave my socks on the floor as long as I bring flowers home once I week.
Seriously.....for the most part marriage can really suck. Men tend to be logical, and women tend to be emotional. To us, they make no logical sence, and that is because for them it doesn't have to follow logic...it is all about emotion.
We are all here talking about BB, and we probably don't think much about spending 30 min, to an hour in the gym to improve our body. But I doubt many of us work an hour a week really trying to improve our relationships...we just think it should "be good", or "be gone". A good relationship is the number one cause of emotional well being or emotional distress...which can have direct impact on our health. I think we should spend a little time on it as well.
WOW.....I just read over this and think I may have went a little overboard. Please don't think I was trying to preach here.....and please don't think I was trying to put anyone down. Each of us has to choose our own path.....I don't write this to judge anyone or condem....just to give my .02.
Hope it helps....
Kemo