Hello- I'd like to speak/share with other children of divorced parents. My parents got divorced after 23 yrs of marriage. They've been divorced for 7 years now but it is still hard for me to accept. My sister and I were totally shocked when my mom told us, I remember the day pretty clearly. I didn't realize how much anger and emotion I still carry with about their divorce still I started seeing a therapist to help with the PMDD anxiety issues. My sister and I are both in our 20's, I married last year, and I think alot of their divorce issues came up around that time for me. I get sad still when I see my friends' parents or my husband's parents together. It's still weird for me to go to my in laws and see them having a 'family dinner' b/c i haven't had that in like 10yrs (at least not with my father and mother.) Things have changed between me and my sister alot also, we used to close and since their divorce we've grown apart, and we couldn't be in the same room together when I lived at home without screaming at eachother. I think we took our anger and saddness out on eachother bc we couldn't on our mom and dad. My sis and I do see and talk to our dad occassionally, but our relationship has defiently changed since the divorce. It's so frustrating and emotionally draining at times, that parents sometimes don't realize how much kids are affected by their divorce, even if they are at an older age and can understand a bit more-it still hurts.
Does anyone else have a story about dealing with divorced parent's?