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- From: dennisp@kpc.com (Dennis Preston)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance
- Subject: Re: Benefit from parents divorce
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.210947.29006@kpc.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 21:09:47 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.125137.8885@iscsvax.uni.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov20.125137.8885@iscsvax.uni.edu> cuvelier2724@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
- >There's been a lot of talk about marriage and why people get married as of
- >late. Let me just say right now that I believe it is Love above and beyond
- >everything else. But, if divorce were ever a good thing, it has been in one
- >respect for me. I read somewhere that when two people with children divorce,
- >if those children are at the age of 5 or 11, it is even more difficult for them
- >because of the psychological unstability of those ages. I was 5 years old when
- >my parents got divorced and I still deal with it on some level from time to
- >time. Let me just say though that my parents divorce caused me to really be
- >picky when it came to selecting my lifetime partner. I told myself a long time
- >ago that I was under no terms going to get married unless I was 110% sure that
- >he was the one for me. Well, I finally found him and we're getting married
- >next June. I KNOW that I won't be going through a divorce from the other side
- >because I saw the pain my parents suffered. This may be a cocky statement
- >saying that I know I won't be getting a divorce. But if you do things the
- >right way, the thought should never cross your mind.
- >
- > Sonia
-
- Good luck Sonia, I married in 1986 with the intent of never divorcing.
- However, When my wife came home from work on Dec.31 1990, she announced
- that she didn't want to be married anymore. Thats it. No abuse, no sign,
- she was very good at concealing feelings. People change. The only thing
- that you can really KNOW is that over time people change. Not always for
- the worse though:>
-