Same. My mom told me recently when I was composing about my dad that she’s put me in the car as a child and debated driving away forever and decided not to do that and I was like ….

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As a kid who’s parents divorced when I was 2, I have never been horrified or destroyed by my parents not being together. I have a wonderful step-mother, and I didn’t have to grow up with my parents resenting each other. Because they split when they did, they are still amicable. If they had stayed together for the kids, it would have soured into what your parents relationship is. Divorce SAVES so many families!!

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had a whole grown adult friend tell me his parents getting a divorce was worse than my dad dying to try to make me feel better i guess? that friendship did not last long.

21

Totally understand this!! I can’t count how many times my parents have “called it quits”, asked me who I would want to live with (i was like 9 LMAO), ruined vacations, etc. As soon as I moved out for college they separated tho, but stayed legally married bc divorce is too expensive. They were so miserable for so many years, you can’t help but feel guilt as the child that kept them together.

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Some of my earliest memories are my parents screaming at each other and my mom telling me to go put my shoes on but a few mins later then telling me that we weren’t going to go anywhere. Sometimes I wonder what my life would’ve been like if we had.

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Parents are supposed to be able to go a day without fighting ?? 😮

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as a child of divorce since i was 5 it’s always funny to me when ppl say that or act sad for me cause it’s genuinely weird to even picture my parents together like this is just normal to me idk why ppl act like it happened yesterday 😭 plus if they stayed tg im sure my mental health would be in the grave.

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Depends…… A divorce could be a relief or a party! 🎊

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my parents didn’t separate until i left for college (i’m the youngest). idk if they’ll actually get divorced, but my dad has a gf now and i don’t think he wants to get married again so she’ll just be his lifetime partner (common in my culture). i didn’t realize until the separation how cool my dad is bc my mom made him seem horrible… turns out i was brainwashed and she’s horrible

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