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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] So I'm recently divorced and my adult kids are doing well. One's married but no grandkids yet. It probably helps that exdh and I are amicable enough (we still have a minor so need to be). We have a kid's wedding upcoming and we are working together for the sake of our dc as far as the wedding and dc knows that we are onboard with whatever they choose, like will we walk together or whatever.

It probably also helps that there are no other people involved (no cheating and no new relationships). He probably will seek a relationship. I have no intentions of doing so and could care less whom he dates as long as they treat my kids nicely.

Like I've told them-we're still committed to being (the kids) parents, even though we aren't married anymore. [/quote]

Right, so, you're in the easy part!  It gets WAY harder when you're splitting time with in-laws, dragging little children from household to household, dealing with step-relatives and all the problems and drama they can bring, and trying to deal with two (or four!) really old people in separate locations.  Don't think it's always going to be this simple.

It's really salt in the wound how my parents congratulate themselves on being so amicable and so much happier, yet they expect me to do a ton of work to accommodate their divorce and new relationships.  If I was only putting in the amount of effort that an adult child of a happy marriage has to do, they'd be much less happy with it.  But my children would also lose out in that scenario, so I carry on. It sucks.[/quote]

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