My parents will celebrate their 55!!!! Anniverary on September 18. However, the Holy Roman Catholic Church didn't acknowledge their city hall marriage so they were married in the Catholic church on November 18, 1953--the date we celebrate and acknowledge.

Sounds like your dad is still in love with your mom and can't believe she actually left him. Tell your dad to go out and get a girlfriend, hopefully, someone 22 years old and then he'll stop complaining about who your mom is dating.

I hear Hef kicks the girls out of the Playboy Mansion when they turn 27, so he should check out the ex-playmates.

Yes, I was 5 and my brother was 2

incognito said:

This could be true,caue as soon as there is nobody in her life romantically,he is always there to help her with anything she needs done,or he will go over to her house for some stupid reason,she knows he is just looking for an excuse to be there,and her feeling are definately not the same.

Well considering my father is currently 63,that would be...
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A child shouldn't have to be subjected to any bad-mouthing that goes on between parents.

I'm an adult however, my parents divorced after 15 years of marriage when I was 4 years old and I turned out fine. My dad remained a constant fixture in my life. Perhaps thats the reason that I don't understand, even til this day, why people say that divorce is so truamatic for children. I talked to my dad on the phone and saw him every weekend. I had a great childhood and I couldn't imagine it any other way.
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Best decision they ever made together was a divorce.

PANDURITO said:

Mine were married for nearly 40 years when my dad passed away.

My parents got divorced in 1985 when I was 17 years old and it was one week before I graduated high school. Hell, their divorce didn't do me any good by then because I was graduating and going to leave and be away from the bastard anyway. Hell, I wish they had got divorced right after I was born.

applekisses said:

Mine 40 years this May. My Grandparents 63 years until they both passed away last year.

applekisses said:

Mine 40 years this May. My Grandparents 63 years until they both passed away last year.

My parents got divorced 9 yrs ago.

Im glad because before then I never saw my mother smile or laugh a lot.
She was always hurt and crying, and it sucked!

Yep. My mother is much happier.

Yes, when I was 7.

Didn't realize how much it had an impact on me till i turned 23

slapper said:

I wasn't a child when my parents divorced,I don't think that it was the actual divorce that effected me,it was the listening to my Dad talk about it,and basically making me,and my sisters feel like his personal counsler. I know he probably needed to talk,but since it was our Mother,we were to close to the situation for that to be put on us.
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EmeraldSkies said:

When I say 'child' I don't necessarily mean a young kid...you're still your parents' child even at the age of 15, 25, 35, whatever, right?
Either way, hearing your mom talk badly about your dad and/or vice versa is really something that should not happen, especially to a kid who's still living at home (so under the age of 18 or so).
I was 14 when my parents split up, and even though they are great friends now, back then there was a fair amount of bad-mouthing and a lot of crying, especially from my mom, and my sister and I became, as you say, 'counselors'. This lead to a few years of personal anguish and a general bad feeling whenever we would hear mom and dad talk about each other, because it would inevitably turn into some kind of mud-slinging match. I suppose it was important for each of them to vent, but as you said, my sister and I were much too close to the situation. They should have confided in their friends or siblings...someone outside of the immediate family circle.
Because they're great friends now and have resolved/accepted everything that happened, we're so relieved. I think we're (my sister and I) lucky because it could have had a lasting negative effect on our own personal relationships and how we perceive the thought of marriage. But many other people are not as fortunate. So, I just wanted to give my 2 cents.