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To: Howlin
I am fortunate to have a good marriage and after 18 years of marriage, I doubt that I will ever know divorce.

However, I cannot judge others who do divorce. In fact, I have actually advised other family members, who are trapped in bad marriages, to get a divorce. Because a bad marriage is like a living hell. And anybody who cares enough about a person would never tell that person to "stick out" a marriage gone bad.

Both my wife and I come from broken families. Her parents broke up when she was 10. But my parents decided to stick out their bad marriage "for the kids."

Well I wish my parents had gotten a divorce. Because growing up in that house was a dreadful experience. From the time I was 12 or 13, I wanted to stay out of that house as much as possible because things were so tense and unhappy there. When I was 17, I joined the Marines because I just wanted to get away from that place and I never went back either.

So I will never cast judgment on those who decide to end a bad marriage. I believe that when a marriage is beyond repair, that parents actually have a duty not only to themselves, but to any children they might have, to end that chapter of their life and move on.

381 posted on 01/04/2005 6:03:17 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

I've said it before and I will say it again.........You are a good man SamAdams76.


387 posted on 01/04/2005 6:10:05 PM PST by Gabz (Happy New Year)
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To: SamAdams76
You are a thinker and a realistic person on this thread. Well said.
664 posted on 01/04/2005 11:26:10 PM PST by codyjacksmom (Proud, new 1st time grandma as of 11/07/04....now it's payback time!)
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