Over half of marriages end in divorce. That means that most likely some members here come from families where their parents divorced. Are you a child of a divorce, and if so, do you think that had any affect on your development? If your parents stayed together do you think it would have changed how you turned out?

My parents are still married, after 38 years. My hubbys parents divorced when he was young. He was happy to finally see an end to the fighting and unhappiness in his home. My husband and I have a great relationship. I think we both understand what it means to have a strong marriage, as we learned this in our own and separate ways through our experiences.

Even my parents are still married. And we are really happy to find ourselves a lucky one. yes there comes such time sometime that they fights but whatever happens, if there is love then nothing can stop a good relationship.

my parents are still married after 30 years. My husband's parents were together for over 20 before his mother passed away. I think we come from a pretty long line of lasting marriages and hope we can be as lucky.

Originally Posted by ColeCash

That means that most likely some members here come from families where their parents divorced. Are you a child of a divorce, and if so, do you think that had any affect on your development? If your parents stayed together do you think it would have changed how you turned out?

My parents are still together and have been married for a very long time. I don't know how things would have been different if they'd not stayed together, but there certainly wasn't as much talk of divorce as there is now with people. Seems like every little thing that goes wrong, out comes "the D word" to toss around.

My parents are still married. Now my husbands parent's are divorced and it was a bitter one at that. He to this day carries baggage from the divorce. But he has also learned from it in that he doesn't want his kids to see what he did so he is more prone to not make the same mistakes as his parents.

My parents got divorced when we were kids and later remarried to each other when we were in our twenties, they are still together now. I respected the fact that my mom never spoke evil of him, so we still respected him as we grew up.

Originally Posted by Liza

My parents got divorced when we were kids and later remarried to each other when we were in our twenties, they are still together now. I respected the fact that my mom never spoke evil of him, so we still respected him as we grew up.

I think that's a very important thing that too many people forget. Instead of NOT speaking ill of the other parent, a lot of people who divorce get into that "let's get the kids on my side" game. It's a game that no one ever wins, unfortunately.

Parents divorced after all the kids became grown. It was for the sake of the kids.

My parents are not divorced and nor are my husbands. My Mother-in-Law thinks that if a child comes form a divorced family (as her other daughter in law does) they are more likely to get divorced themselves as they will see it as more acceptable. I am not sure if this is true - does anyone have any thoughts?