Statistics show that the divorce rate is declining. Many people think that it can be attributed to people waiting longer to get married. Personally my parents were 19 and 20 respectively and had a child on the way. I think that coming from a divorced family has given me a warped outlook on marriage and relationships in general. I would think that it would be around 50% give or take.....
I hear you there. My parents divorced when I was 2. I'm thankful that I was too young to remember their marriage falling apart, but my entire life was witness to the aftermath. Most of the time I don't think I want to get married. Rarely does the idea appeal to me.
Well my parents have been divorced before, but not with each other. My mom was 30 when she married my dad (43), and they've stayed married for 21 years... Oh yeah, they were both 18 when they had their first marriages with other people...
My parents got divorced when I was in 3rd grade, and I'm now a senior in HS. I don't ever recall my parents marriage being all that great, but I do have some happy memories of them being together. The custody battle got pretty dirty between my mom and dad (but, hey, who wouldn't fight over me? ). I wanted to live with my dad, even though I loved my mom a whole lot...I just have more in common with my dad and I've always been able to relate to him more. I think my mom took me wanting to live with my dad as I didn't love her as much as i love him, and she was really hurt (and still is, to a certain degree). My outlook on marriage isn't all that great, either. I know I'm young, but I'm really cynical about marriage. When I think about getting married I can't ever see meeting someone that I want to spend the rest of my life with. I'm almost 18 now and I've only had one girlfriend in all of HS, and that turned out really ****ty...I took it way too serious and ended up getting burned and I got all depressed about it. Looking back on that it seems really stupid, because I'm just in high school and it was just a typical HS relations. I feel like I can't entirely trust the oppposite sex, and I think part of that has to due with the fact that my parents got divorced.
My parents are divorced. They divorced when I was 9. My father has remarried, divorced and remarried again. My mother has remarried and stayed with her second husband so far. My parents married when they were 24 and were 27 when I (their first child, actually their first and last child together) was born.
My parents divorced when I was 19. They had been married 28 years. To be fair, I guess I was probably 22 when they finalized things, but 19 was when my mom moved out. They both acted pretty wierdly and, I'll have to admit, it was no fun at the time. People who knew my parents prior to the divorce have a hard time imagining them not being married. People who know them afterwards can't imagine them ever being together. Knowing them as I do now, it is hard to imagine what they ever had in common. I guess I was the only thing because they told me that is why they stayed married for so long even though their marriage was basically over 10 years before that. Ah, good times, good times.
Yep, divorced when I was three. It hasn't soured me toward marriage though, I still think it could go either way.
My parents have been married for 25 years (i'm 19). However, all but one of my closest friends parents are divorced. I have about eight closest friends. That's really weird.
My parents will celebrate their 36th wedding anniversary later this month. My father was 22, and my mother 21 when they married near the end of December 1965 in Rome, Georgia. Sometimes, I can't see how my parents have stayed together. My father is an incredibly difficult and I think, demanding, person to live with. I have shaken my head, many of a time, and marvelled that my mother puts up with it. Don't get me wrong...my father is a good man, but we are not close like alot of other fathers and sons. I, too, sometimes find it hard to see myself getting married. Mainly because I live in such a small town, am shy, and very picky. It used to bother me, but it doesn't anymore. If it is meant to be, then it will happen. That is the way I look at it.
My Mom and Dad divorced when I was about 4 , He didnt give a **** about me and treated my mom like dirt , Verbally abusive , I'm glad that SOB isnt around . My mom remarried and has been married happily for 10 years and has 3 kids .
My parents divorced when I was in 9th grade. They are still friends. Last week my aunt hired a detective to check on her husband. She found out he was going over to some chicks house. Later that week he said he was going to work late, so she then followed him to his girlfriends house, called him on his cell phone from the driveway and asked him where he was. He said he was picking up some gas. She then said, you might want to rethink that answer, I'm in your girlfriends driveway.... Damn! My aunt is real nice too, this going to break her.
my parents are still together...they got married right after my mom graduated from high school. i consider myself extremely lucky.
I was 5 when my parents divorced. They were both on their second marriage. My mom remarried and has been married for 11 years I think. My dad is on esposa numero cinco. It s kind of funny because some people collect stamps or baseball cards, my dad collects wives and trades them in frequently. I have been married for 5 years now and I think because my parents divorced I try as hard as possible for everything to work. We have two kids together and I hope to never get divorced.
My parents will be married 50 years next September. Most of their friends are also celebrating their 50th within the next few years. My in-laws are passed 45 years. For the most part, their generation had a different outlook on matrimony (i.e. it truly is "til death do us part"). Of all the folks I hung around with in high school, only one has divorced. I've been married 21 years and my friends are approaching 20 or have passed it. My sister divorced but my brother is still married (25 years). My wife's brother, on the other hand, is on his 4th marriage - each of his marriages was to a 21 year old (give or take a year). Her other brother has been married for around 16 years.
My parents divorced in '85 when I was approaching 13 years of age. They had been on again off again b/c of my father's alcoholism (destructive alcoholism that is) after '78 when my father's father passed. Their love was very strong, but my dad was very weak. Still, seeing the strength of their love at least raised me in the atmosphere to know how to transcend disagreements, etc. that I've seen affect weaker people. Oh yeah, and my wife rules and has my complete respect. That always makes it easy.
Parents are still together 27 years I think, had some rough rough years though. I know they divorced when they were really young before they had any of us kids and then got back together. Seperated once when I was 7 or 8 and then got back together after a few months. Both had cheated on each other and my mom moved us (me, my brother and sister) to Oklahoma. Then they reunited - that was cool. Been together since. Pops is an Alky though. Really mellowed out in the last 2-3 years. I don't think he had much of a choice though. Kids all grew up and don't listen to him anymore. Only person left is my mom so he has got to be nice. My Dad now seems like a different person from when I was a kid. Not the best relationship I have ever seen. Really bad model for us. Mom got shi-tty end of the deal. Always put up with his crap. He never hit her, but was a verbal abuser though. Anyone know any good resources for marriage counseling or anger management? My Wife and I fight bad and say some of the worst crap. Her parents divorced when she was 8-9 and she took it really hard. I still love her and my son and do NOT want to be a bad example to him. My Parents and my wife's parents marriage/divorce damaged both of our perceptions for marriage. I know it is a big part of why we fight.
