My wife and I seem to be in uncharted territory. We are currently both teaching overseas but have agreed to separate. This is not a sudden decision, it's been years in the making and we agree it is final. We want to move to the same geographic area (either same school or nearby schools in one city) so we may share custody of our two children. We want schools to see that they would still be getting two veteran int'l teachers with two dependents, but need to live separately. We fear that schools might just see us as a hot mess that's not worth the risk even though they would probably be getting two teachers that would stay awhile just because relocating is so much more difficult when two separate households are involved.

Any advice on how to navigate this?