Are/or did your parents divorce?

[TanyaLovesPooh]

My parents divorced 26 years ago when I was 13 years old and my siblings and I were glad when they did. They were very mean to each other and fought terribly. The situation got violent many times.

Now, my dad is 80 and mom is 73 and they are very good friends.

 

[Lovely2CU]

How sad, I'm so sorry.

Dad passed away four weeks ago.

 

[meandmytwogirls]

My parents have been married 41 years and still like to make out in front of me to make me uncomfortable!! My wife thinks it's hilarious as her family was a mess from the start!

 

[FireDancer]

My parents separated in 1988 but got back together and finally divorced in 2000. They should have at least stayed seperated but in all honesty my mom would be better off never meeting him. My dad was a gambler which made him both an addict and a liar, two things that I can not stand in people.

My brothers and I have not spoken or seen him since and never will again.

 

[Dixie Luvr 98]

My parents separated for several months when I was ten or so. They got back together, but later divorced when I was in my 20's. That was 20 years ago and neither has remarried.

 

[disneyismyname]

My parents have been wonderfully divorced for 17 years. They married at the ages of 17 and 19 (can you say shotgun!). My momma was 4 months pregnant with my older sister when she married my dad. There are 3 of us. They divorced in 1992 (is was 6..i think). My dad was going by the motto "Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll". It was a messy divorce..very bad memories that I had to go to therapy when I was in high school.

Its funny now..they get along better than they did when they were married! Both are remarried. Mom married my M.O.D. (my other dad) in '95. and dad married his wife 4 years ago (it too was kinda shotgun)..she was pregnant with my half sister when they married. He was 43! My sister (age:26)is pregnant with her first child and my dad, now 47, told her that he and the wife-poo couldnt give her the play crib because they were thinking about having another one!!!!!!!! My sister told me this and i

 

[Caradana]

My parents handled their divorce well, in 1986, in the sense that we kids remember it as a calm time where there was no more fighting and where stability and security reigned. It wasn't bad. My father brought all kinds of problems upon himself in the twenty-some years since, and I feel gratitude that my mother got out while he was still sane, hired a tremendously awesome attorney who got what little cash their was, and went on to make a very nice life for us. I can't complain.

I also got a fairly cool stepfather out of the deal. He passed away of cancer in 2000 after 14 years with my mother. He was originally her high school prom date in 1970, and then he re-emerged on the scene and asked her out on a date in 1986 when she had three kids under 6, and there it started. Truly, a wonderful man - I have the fondest memories.

 

[HsvTeacher]

My parents just celebrated their 40th anniversary!

 

[SCHBR'smom]

My parents were married almost 25 years, my dad died 9 mos before their anniversary. My inlaws have been married for 34 yrs. Both of his grandparents were never divorced. My mom's parents were never divorced. The only divorce was my dad's parents LOOOOONNNNGGGG before I was born. DH and I both come from a long line of happily married, devoted to each other couples. I think that is a good sign for us.

 

[gladstoneganderfan]

My Parents were married for 48 years (almost 49). They passed away last November, one week apart. They fought like cats & dogs, but they did love each other. My DH said that Mom probably got to the Pearly Gates & refused to go in without my Dad.

 

[bigbabyblues]

My parents are still married; they got married when my mom was 17 and dad was 19 or maybe 20. They have been married 34 years. My dad's parents were divorced a long time before I was born, but they are both gone now. My mom's parents are still married, they will celebrate their 53rd anniversary in October; sadly, my grandma has been in a nursing home for a few years with dementia. My grandma's parents were divorced when she was a little girl, which would have been in the 1940's. They both remarried.

 

[EthansMom]

My parents are divorced and on their second marriages. DH's parents are divorced and on their third marriages. So, that's 8 marriages between our 4 parents.

DH and I are on our first (and hopefully only) marriage. We've been married for 10 years.

 

[Angelhalo]

My parents have been happily married for 33 years. My mom is 54 and my dad is 57.

My DH and I have been happily married 1 year and 5 months.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

My parents were married just short of 64 years until my Dad passed away last year. When he was dying he would repeatedly tell me "I love you kids, but not as much as I love your Mother". The two of them were so entirely devoted to one another through thick and through thin. Even now I can tell my Mom misses him (as do we all).

Sad and sweet all in one...


My parents divorced when I was 3. They are both remarried now and everyone gets along great...

 

[Laura]

No, they didn't divorce, my mother died. My father has not remarried.

 

[tigercat]

My parents were married 34 yrs before my dm died in Jan. My dh & I will be married 35 yrs in Oct. My db's and ds's all are in long marriages except 1 who is divorced. My dnieces and dnef are all in long marriages as well as 2 of my kids who have been married 12 yrs now. Only one dn divorced but he has remarried now. My il's were married I think 27 yrs before they divorced and it was 27 yrs too long. She knew on her wedding day that she shouldn't marry him but went ahead with it. They both ended up with people that better suited them. Only my dmil is still here and she had been married to her 2nd dh for I think 25 yrs before he died last Nov.
tigercat

 

[MariDisney]

My parents will be married 38 years in September. They have had good times and bad times, but I can't imagine they'd ever separate or divorce. When I did they were absolutely horrified that I couldn't stick it out,

 

[Kathi OD]

My parents will be married for 55 years in February. There are 3 of us. I've been married to DH for almost 32 years. DSis#1 has been married for 29 years. Then there is DSis#2...she is, as I type, planning her 3rd wedding. Guess she is making up for the rest of us.

 

[Disneyland1084]

My parents divorced when I was 15 (I'm 30 now), but they're still really good friends. My dad is even friend's with my step-dad. Unusual yes, but holidays are so easy. My dad never remarried.

 

[racetrack18kb]

My parents separated right before their 30th anniversary, 7 years ago. They married very young...mom was 6 months pregnant with me at the time. They separated right around the same time my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. But, now, I think their marriage was over long before that. They kept it together long after they should have for me and my brother.

As terrible as the timing was for my dad to walk away, it all worked out in the end. Even when they both found people that they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with, they never divorced until last year when my dad finally remarried. He wouldn't divorce mom until it necessary because of his health insurance. He has great insurance and wanted to make sure my mom was covered as long as possible.