only just read this hun, was going to suggest thinking time for both of you, you dont need to tell brooke anything weither yet, you can say he is working away, or gone fishing or something along those lines. My husband went through a phase like this a few years ago and he was about 26 at the time so around the same age. He only left for 2 days and stayed at his mums, i wasn;t pregnant but had miscarried 2 weeks earlier so was in a bit of a state myself. He came back saying he saw his life without me and hated it, i still think the fact that i went out for a night out with the girls on teh sat night had something to do with it and he must have thought she carrying on with her life, i came home that night to find him waiting for me in our bed, I was so happy to have him back that i never made him talk till few weeks later, he said he was stuck in a rut i was always miserable which i was, he only saw me as a mum and not as me any more. We agreed to have a date night every sat, where we would make sure all kids were in bed and we would take chinese or indian and have a drink in together and once a month we would get a baby sitter and go out. It made such a difference to just be us once in a while with no pressure from elsewhere. this was 4 years ago ad we are happy now, there was no cheating involved so that is not always the case I think sometimes we can all get stuck in a rut and as much as i like you hate breaks especially once you have kids it can be more confusing for the kids, the odd one I'm sure does no harm. I really hope that this has a hppy ending just wanted you to know that it doesn;t always end up bad.