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Just to counterbalance the idea that divorce is always bad for the kids ... We loved our parents and our parents loved us. And they loathed each other: they were just a really bad match. Things got SO MUCH BETTER when they divorced! They were both pretty classy about not playing us kids against the other parent, and everyone was so much happier. Having separate holidays was 100% better than one holiday with 2 adults griping at each other and having lots of 'clouds of frustration and anger" in the air!

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Here are my thoughts: kids of divorce think things would have been much better had their parents not divorced, but don't really know that... It's just a fantasy... it may have been worse. I personally think I would have been happier had my parents divorced... Who knows, of course, but people seem generally to forget out badly toxic or abusive relationships impact kids. Like divorce is just not always the worst thing imo...

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