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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this an OK standard to have?

My fiance told me he would never date a woman with divorced parents. He said it normalizes divorce, they grow up in a home where marriage is temporary, and in a lot of cases they no longer have a father. I think I agree with him, but it seems kind of mean to dismiss people based on their parents' actions. [/quote]

Your fiance' is a closed-minded a$$hole.

--woman with 1 husband and married parents and ILs.[/quote]

I disagree. 
I think we all sort of start with some kind of standard and value in our minds about our future relationships and mates. This guy wants to stay married so has determined that his starting point was to narrow down his selection pool to date only women whose “norm” or “lived experience” was as part of an intact two-parent family. One can reasonably assume that someone whose parents are married may be more likely to share the value he has for emulating that model in their own family. (Not saying Jesus can’t be wrong about this assumption for a variety of reasons, but certainly that doesn’t make him a narrow-minded asshole on its face. It would just make him maybe a bit naive.)[/quote]

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