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To me everything else is just white noise around the fact that you don't like being around icky divorced people. Grow up, OP. Not everyone's family turned out the way they had hoped.[/quote]

Some people are defensive.  It's kind of sad divorce has become so commonplace. For those who grew up in families without a lot of divorces, it takes some getting used to being around divorced people because they seem to act in ways that other people do not, they are unaware of how they act, and it's unpleasant to be around.  Sort of like how you're acting right now.[/quote]

WTF?
I don't understand how this is. I am not divorced BTW.[/quote]

i understand this. i am not divorced nor are my parents. i honestly had NO friends or relatives who were divorced growing up. it was SHOCKING when i met my now dh and started spending time around his divorced parents. it's awkward at best, and hostile at worst. mil won't be in the same room as fil unless she absolutely has to. i've seen fil walk up to mil to wish her happy holidays, and mil tells him to "go to hell." at my wedding, mil would not even stand up at the front with my parents or her ex husband when our families gave toasts. it's strange to me and stressful. [/quote]

I'm PP you quoted. While I may not be divorced, I've been around plenty of divorced people in multiple generations and I seriously haven't seen this dynamic IRL. Pretty much only on internet messages boards. And we aren't talking about perfect people, some are dysfunctional in other ways, but I have to imagine this isn't the norm among divorced people in general as its now a huge part of the population.

I think its great that you didn't have to experience divorce in any way or form, but what is odd about your scenario is a personality issue not a divorce issue. [/quote]

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