[madprof98]

Saw another piece posted earlier about how great divorce makes unhappily married people feel. Seems to me that in marriages with kids those feelings don't really matter much.

[Zechariah11]

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[misterrob]

Few reasons for divorce that make sense:

1) Abuse of spouse or children
2) Addictive behavior--drugs, booze, gambling, sex
3) Infidelity
4) Spouse converts to Islam

[Izzy Dunne]

How can this be? I thought the father was basically irrelevant anyway.

That's what the TODAY show psychologists tell us...

[Fawn]

I'll bet that some kids from a divorced family come out better than some in a miserable marriage or over protecting parents.

[ncdrumr]

Interesting.

[Larry381]

My parents were divorced when I was very young and I became a heroin addict at the age of 17. Should I now blame my parents-or should I blame myself for being a stupid fool with no self-control? At one time I actually blamed it on 'the 60's' until I met the person who first turned me on to drugs-he was staring at me in my mirror.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Her conclusion: "While divorce is sometimes necessary, there is no such thing as a good divorce."

Unless, of course, mom is a lesbian.

[tuesday afternoon]

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[SouthernFreebird]

I grew up in a home with parents who fought at least every week. Massive scream fests that at time ended up violently. Me and my brother would sleep together those nights. He would wet the bed from all the trauma of listening to these battles.

I was never so happy as when they decided to get a divorce, unfortunately it wasn't early enough for us. Kids aren't alwasy better off with parents that stay together.