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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents love to pat themselves on the back about their supposedly amicable divorce.  I do appreciate that they can be superficially cordial and refrain from making public scenes.  Still, it is a giant hassle for me.  They both expect the same level of care and support that I could give them as a married couple living in the same location, and become angry at me when I try to set boundaries.

[b]There is no Amicable Divorce Retirement Home where you get two units for the price of one.  There is no Amicable Divorce Airline that lets you visit both for half price.  Sometimes they are both sick at the same time and I must choose between them.  It sucks.  I hope all of you are prepared for this phase of life.[/b][/quote]

Thank you for sharing your perspective. It makes so much sense. I am a married DW and our DC1 is in college. The visits home is few and far between from our perspective but I can imagine it would be a nightmare if DC1 had to go to two different homes to meet mom and dad.[/quote]

Yep.  Now imagine doing it with toddlers.  Or imagine if they are both seriously ill at the same time, far apart.

I don't wish they were still married.  But I do wish they had more realistic expecations.[/quote]

OP here: I was looking for amicable divorce stories. You complaining about your parents divorce years ago and having to travel to see them as an adult is not what I am looking for. You being inconvenienced later in life due to traveling is not really part of what I am talking about. I am talking about amicable divorces when kids are young until they enter adulthood. What happens after is kind of irrelevant to me. Families travel for all sorts of reasons (siblings, parents, cousins, and people get sick at different ages and stages all kind of unexpected things can happen...because your parents decided to move to locations far from each other is not something that is going to happen in every divorce...so it does not really belong in the thread.)[/quote]

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