Getting a divorce allowed me and my kids to move forward.
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This comment was by mick canning in reference to the post – The Upside of a Broken Home: 14 Surprising Lessons I Learned From Divorce
I can strongly relate to this article. When my first marriage ended in divorce, I was the one who raised my kids, which was even more unusual for a man then, than now (30 years ago.)
The result of this was that a) we are very close, b) they did, indeed, learn a lot about relationships through that divorce and watching me rebuild relationships, c) we were all definitely better off than we would have been if we had prolonged the marriage ‘for the sake of the children’, which would have been misery for all.
The only thing that was really different from your article was that it proved impossible to maintain a relationship with my ex, as my children did not want to see her new husband and she then refused to have anything more to do with them.
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