Poll of the Day > Have anyone of you or someone you know ever gone unaffected by their parents....

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divorce?

I remember my parents would argue when I was 10-13 years old, and while I never payed attention nor cared about their arguments, I always wondered why they didn't just get divorced and call it a day. Whatever custody battle that would have taken place wouldn't have affected me as long as it didn't get in the way of my video gaming habit that I adored so much(and still do) at the time.

If my parents had ever gotten divorced than I would have perceived this way: If my parents are more happier apart, than by all means they should go ahead and have a divorce. I'll support them because as their son I want my parents to be happy, and if being divorced would help them do that than by all means they should go for it.

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Family separation has a big impact on people, but so does living in a home supported with an unhealthy relationship.

Some people just can't go through with separating

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I don't know if any of my friends have divorced parents, to be honest. Though I don't have many and most of the ones I do have are Asian (and divorce is frowned upon in Asian culture, so most just stick it out).

My parents did/do fight a lot (less so now). And my mom once told my sister and me that she thought about getting a divorce (but there are a whole bunch of issues with it, aside from the Asian family stigma).

My aunt/uncle got a divorce once it was found out she was having an affair (she is so dramatic about everything). No clue how my cousins felt about it. I'm not too close with them.

Another uncle got divorced early on. Both parents got one kid but eventually he got both for some reason (the one he had originally stayed with my family for years, except on weekends). My uncle was super strict about everything (he had plastic on his furniture!!! And he made my cousins give up something if they wanted anything new, which is how I got an N64 when my cousin wanted a PlayStation). Needless to say, both of them left him and I don't know how he felt about it. My male cousin went through a huge transformation stage and became super forgiving, even invited my uncle to his wedding (but weird crap happened there). My female cousin hates my uncle, so she didn't even acknowledge him at the wedding.

I have another uncle that got divorced very early. All of his kids seem well adjusted and normal. Though too happy sometimes, IMO. Need to tone it down at family reunions. You can't be THAT excited to see me and know how I've been.

I am always curious how people feel about their parents divorce (especially when they are adolescent and have a better understanding than a child would). I was actually thinking about this last night in bed (don't ask why)! I was going to make a post about it on Reddit, but I wasn't sure how to phrase the question.
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Me. they split when I was like 2 months at best. Divorce didnt come until waaay later though when my mom finally decided to start dating again. Think I was between 8 and 10 when that happened.
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My parents divorced around a year and a half ago.

Frankly, most of us were surprised it didn't happen way earlier.
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I was 5 or 6 when my parents got divorced, even at that age I knew the were unhappy together, so It was not a surprise to me.
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My parents aren't divorced but they are separated and it only really bothered me when they would fight, but they haven't fought in years, even though they still live together
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Ehhh I don't think I was affected by my parents divorce. Unless you mean positively.

My mom was an alcoholic, weed smoking, cocaine snorting, meth smoking, pill popping, crack smoking maniac with BPD. So not having to be around all that was pretty positive.

Now she just sticks to weed and booze. And having BPD.
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My mother died when I was a teen, but she'd tried to start the process of divorcing my father long before that, only it got interrupted when she came out of remission. I think we'd all have been much better off had she been able to manage it.

My stepmother left my father 7 months ago, and the two of them have been an outright nightmare about putting myself and my (step)brother into the positions of "piggy in the middle", though. All that said, stepmum is a very different person from birth mum, so I really don't believe that if would have been thus acrimonious on both sides had it happened to me as a kid.
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