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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was the kid in this scenario.  I don't know why people seem to think it doesn't cause issues.  I had a ton of guilt feeling like I was the cause my parents stayed miserable for so long.  Then I was angry at them for making me live in that environment.  It was just so unpleasant, the animosity was obvious.  Then I was resentful of the stress it added on to my freshman year and the difficulty it added on to an already difficult transition in my life.

I didn't go home my entire first year, not even for Christmas.

It took quite awhile for my parents and I to repair our relationships.   [/quote]
Glad you finally matured enough to realize it isn’t all about you all the time. If it was that difficult for you as a young adult, your parents likely made the calculation that it would have been even more difficult for you at a younger age.

OP, shut up. No one decides to divorce after raising kids on a whim.[/quote]

Of course I matured.  But OP was so flippant in her post and I've seen other people post where they make it sound like waiting until their kid goes off to college avoids all problems, and it doesn't.  [/quote]
No one has ever posted the way you and OP did, like parents think it’s nothing or avoids problems. It’s a matter of trying your best to choose the right time. My parents divorced at 14 and it sucked then too and also split assets at a crucial time —> loans for me. There’s no perfect time! Stop second-guessing when people are usually just trying to ameliorate harm.[/quote]

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