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[quote=Anonymous]I've been thinking about this a lot lately, as I'm at a crossroads and going through a tough time. DH and I are working on our marriage and some of our issues have roots in family dysfunction. Both my and DH's parents divorced when we were younger adolescents and put us in positions where we had to pick up a lot of their slack (saying this in the nicest way possible). We've grown up to be our families' achievers and developed resilience as a result of our earlier challenges, but we have moved away from our respective hometowns and harbor deep reservations about living close to them again. We love our parents, but also realize they are fallible, imperfect adults. In my experience, becoming parents dredged up some of DH's and my packed-away earlier hurts and resentments that were never properly addressed or resolved. We're hoping to do better for our children than our parents did with us.[/quote]
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