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Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

Unless they split up since they went to bed, yes, they're still together.

Yup....28 years now, I think.

Nope, they divorced before I was born.

Yes, mine are. Been ... (56-25=.... ) 31 years now.

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

Their 55 anniversary is this June. Damn, I can't even imagine being that old much less being married that long...

Does it count it one of them is dead?

My parents divorced when I was 4, and my natural father died several years ago. So, no, they're not together.

Nah, mine divorced back in 1974.

My parents have been married for over 20 years (probably 24-ish). I was born seven years into their marriage, and my brothers came along two and a half years after that (twins).

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?
yep.. still Happily Married. :)

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

Yes. So are all my aunts and uncles.

Married for..18-19 years(?), still legally married, but separated as of two years ago or something. Divorce soon.

edit: my first time warp thing! (i dont post often at all)

to paraphrase the song

Now my mom and dad never made no printed page
But they took the love of fifty-seven years right to the grave

28 years and still going.

my biological father and my mom were never together....well, once, for a few minutes (hence my existence...) my mom had a ton of evil drunk boyfriend types until I was about 8 when she married evil drunk abusive husband guy and he legally adopted me, they divorced shortly after I was 15 and were starting to get back together (he was sober by then) just before he died suddenly.....

so, no?

My kid's parents are still together :D

For now.

Yes, my parents are happily married. In fact next year they celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. They plan to go on a Caribbean cruise to celebrate.

They merely have to leave me and my brother here with a weeks worth of pizza.

They met a year and a day after my father's mother died. Mom was drunk when they met, Dad was drunk when he proposed. She put off the wedding until she could finish college and purchase a brand new car. She made these goals after her first marriage ended badly (the jerk she originally married abandoned her the very day she was giving birth to my older sister, needless to say she divorced that bozo and later met my father, who treats her like a queen.)

They split up a very few years ago. I was 30, I think. They didn't get a divorce because it would mean selling the house and blah blah blah. They kept living under the same roof for like another year, then my mom moved out.

Let's just say they never had a good marriage, which my sister and I have known since we were little, so it really shouldn't haven't come as surprise nor, at our ages, should it have been so hard to deal with, but it actually was.

I don't really want to think about what it would have been like if we had still been kids. Then again, livjng through my parents' marriage I've always been a proponent of divorcing instead of just "staying together for the children"...

Not yet...my mom is hoping she can get a supportive job soon though...

Yup, for 24-25 years now.

Yup, still knockin' boots.

A poll, perhaps?

And yes they are.

they're still together, and happy, this year will make it 25 years.

My mother died and my father remarried. Better in ways to a divorce, in that people don't treat me as if I have a disease when they find out the reason why I have a step-mum. Divorce kids get it bad. A dead parent brings sympathy, a divorced one brings awkwardness.

Plus, I don't have to deal with the notion that my departed parent doesn't love me enough to stay.

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

Yes there are! They are married exactly one year, two months, and two weeks older than I am alive.

How old am I? My birthday is 3/24/1987, so do the math.

Nope.

Parents divorced when I was 23, after 26 years of marriage. Married at 18. Quite a shock; I did not see it coming (neither did Dad, but that's a topic for another thread).

Part of the reason I didn't get married until 30, to be perfectly honest. I'm only going through this BS once. :D

Yes 21 or 22-ish years

yup, 30-something years now.

but there have been times when its come close to falling apart. both times when i've been there, and times when i haven't (before my time). i used to hate coming home from school worrying endlessly about whether they'd have had a big arguement while i was out and were going to get a divorce. used to feel so guilty that they might just be staying together and being miserable because of me. who knows?





:( *is sad*

Till death does them part, more or less.

My parents just celebrated their 35th anniversary. Last Christmas was their first apart; Mom had to stay home after her mother was attacked by a pit bull, but they'd agreed to go down to Florida to be with my disabled uncle while his wife went... who the hell cares where that bitch went. Needless to say, we had a pretty crappy Christmas last year. But they're still happy.

My parents are still married and for about 19 or so years. They don't really do anything special for each other. They never go out and for the past 6 or so years, they haven't even celebrated Valentine's day. Although everyone in our family still lives in the same house, we aren't that close as compared to other families I see.

yup, 30-something years now.

but there have been times when its come close to falling apart. both times when i've been there, and times when i haven't (before my time). i used to hate coming home from school worrying endlessly about whether they'd have had a big arguement while i was out and were going to get a divorce. used to feel so guilty that they might just be staying together and being miserable because of me. who knows?





:( *is sad*

Same thing has been happening my whole life. I believe this is why I have become apathetic to almost everything.

My parents divorced when I was a year and a half old.

Were it not for the fact that my Dad passed away in '84, they quite possibly would still be together today.

My parents are still married...26 years I believe.

23 or 24 years now I think.

Mine divorced when I was 5.

Mom was divorced one more time and my old man I think went through 3 more wives.

nope they where together 25 years they split 2 years ago march 16 {my birth day isnt that great?} My mother went back to norwich england { her family is there}..... havent seen her in two years.

My 2 brothers whent with her........ life is just so wunderful isnt it?

My parents divorced several times, though it was finally over by the time I was four years old.

My dad died at age 44, I was 14 at the time. My mom's been raising me and my sister on her own for the past almost 3 years as a result. Though, to be fair, we have a fairly large extended family (aunts and uncles, grandparents, cousins, family friends, etc.) in the area so she definately hasn't had to do it alone. The extended family didn't just appear when my dad died. I have always had a huge support network that extended beyond my immediate family.

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?


My folks are still going strong after more than 40 years. :D

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

41 years in July. Mine lasted 6, though my current relationship has lasted just as long, is far healthier, and has little chance of ever being made "legal" unless there's some unforeseen circumstance. We have thought about having a "living in sin" ceremony, and registering at sex toy shops for the reception and presents. Why should married people get all the loot? :D

Well, my dad died and my mom ascended. Man it has been nearly two thousand years since I have seem them or my half-brother?

How are my parents?;)

My father died when I was 4 and my sister 2 (A month shy of 3). She remaried when I was 17 and has been married to my step-father ever since, so kinda yes, kinda no I guess.

I have no family left but my father.......I was 17 when they split. the only oter family member i had left was my grandmother she lost her battle with cancer last april.

My mothers half of my family wants nothing to do with me.
I will never forgive them.

I did nothing but try to save my family and i'm called a fool. I have lost all love for humanity

In a word, no.

They split up when I was 9 and dad ran off with a home-wrecking harpie to America... of course she's a very NICE harpie, but a harpie none the less.

Nope. Over a year ago, my dad came home and told us he'd been having an affair, and that was it for my perfect home life. He's gone now, living two hours away with his girlfriend and her kids, and I'm stuck with my stupid mother. She manages to throw in a few not so subtle digs at him every day, and wonders why I'm always pissed off. God, like it's so difficult to understand I don't appreciate her judging my father. It's f.cking hard to be the only one in her family (including my sister, who just ran off to university where she could pretend none of this was happening) who still speaks to him. I love him. That's not going to change, even if I know he did something wrong. That's who I am as a person; I don't believe in bad people, I belive in bad things. My father did a bad thing, but that doesn't make him a bad person. And he's so much happier now. And I have a "step-mom" and three new "siblings," and I kind of like that.
Sometimes I hate her, and I know I shouldn't. But she does such a wonderfully smug job of playing the victim and acting like she's been hurt worse than anyone else in the whole world. It makes me sick. I just want to live my stupid life as best I can. I don't want to think about divorce, or choosing sides, or the fact that instead of fighting over me, my parents fought over money. Woot! The house is worth more to them than I am.

In a word, no.

They split up when I was 9 and dad ran off with a home-wrecking harpie to America... of course she's a very NICE harpie, but a harpie none the less.How dare you mock the servants of Sacred Mountain of the Greek gods.

How dare you mock the servants of Sacred Mountain of the Greek gods.

I dare do all that may become a man, who dares do more is none.
(Anyone remember it?)

Nope. I'm a bastard*.

*according to the literal definition which means a child born outside of wedlock.

Nope, they were never married and separated when I was 12, thank god. Nothing worse than hearing your parents fight night after night...

Nope, my father died when I was 16.

41 years in July. Mine lasted 6, though my current relationship has lasted just as long, is far healthier, and has little chance of ever being made "legal" unless there's some unforeseen circumstance. We have thought about having a "living in sin" ceremony, and registering at sex toy shops for the reception and presents. Why should married people get all the loot? :D

...what's your current relationship all about?

My parents are together as long as I live...

Nope. I'm a bastard*.

*according to the literal definition which means a child born outside of wedlock.I was born out of wedlock too... my parents got married about a year after I was born. I can't remember it that legitimises me or not (I think the marriage might have to be before the child is born).

When I was about 7 there was a lovely messy divorce. Us children were almost dragged into court, but the two mutually decided that was a bad idea. For the next 5 years we spent part of the week with my dad, part with my mum and the weekend with my mum unless we wanted to go to our dad's house. That broke down because, according to my mum, my dad got shitty with child maintenence that was awarded to her by the courts. So my mum sold the house we were living in, and moved 250 miles away to Plymouth (where things were much cheaper). So then it changed to living with my mum and my dad coming down ever other weekend.

Four years after that we moved back up to London. Shortly afterwards my dad got into his current long term relationship. He spent less time in London and more time in Bath.

Things have gradually got better as time has passed and especially as us kids have left home and the amount my dad has to pay my mum is reduced.

I was born out of wedlock too... my parents got married about a year after I was born. I can't remember it that legitimises me or not (I think the marriage might have to be before the child is born).

When I was about 7 there was a lovely messy divorce. Us children were almost dragged into court, but the two mutually decided that was a bad idea. For the next 5 years we spent part of the week with my dad, part with my mum and the weekend with my mum unless we wanted to go to our dad's house. That broke down because, according to my mum, my dad got shitty with child maintenence that was awarded to her by the courts. So my mum sold the house we were living in, and moved 250 miles away to Plymouth (where things were much cheaper). So then it changed to living with my mum and my dad coming down ever other weekend.

Four years after that we moved back up to London. Shortly afterwards my dad got into his current long term relationship. He spent less time in London and more time in Bath.

Things have gradually got better as time has passed and especially as us kids have left home and the amount my dad has to pay my mum is reduced.

Mmmm, messy divorces. Aren't they just the greatest things ever invented? :rolleyes:

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

My parents are together since 1969 (engagement). They married in 1973 and I was born in 1976.

Snide remark: and they're both atheist... looks like "good-ol'-values" aren't an exclusive of fundies. I'm laughing myself silly at Mr. Pierferdinando Casini (leader of the italian centre-right catholic party UDC). This guy always babbles things like "listen to the Pope", "protect catholic tradition" etc. Yet, he's not only divorced, he also married another woman. Now Pope Natzinger has proclaimed that divorced people who marry another should not be allowed to receive the Eucharist, because they're unrepenting of their sins. HAHAHAHA!!!!:D

Same thing has been happening my whole life. I believe this is why I have become apathetic to almost everything.
makes sense to me...

Mmmm, messy divorces. Aren't they just the greatest things ever invented? :rolleyes:

i always used to say, when i was uberly depressed at uni, that if my parents ever died or divorced, then i'd be allowed to go through with the suicide. its a bit extreme, but at the time they were the only thing in my life i cared about even a little... if they were gone, so would i be.

Yep, still together. It'll be thirty years this year, I believe.

No, the "death do us part" thing happened. But otherwise, yes.

Yeah, they are.

Yup.

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

No, thank goodness.
It was the happiest day of my life when my mom told me that she was leaving my father and asked me if I wanted to stay with her. I've had some very, very good times since, but I can't remember ever being happier or more extatic than on that day :)

Mine are-ish, well at least they were until the wind got hold of their ashes that is

nope and good riddens to the man!

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

if they were both still alive they probably would be. but my dad passed away in his early 60s and my mom, who'll be 88 come the 23rd, yes her birthday really is the 23rd of march, is still very much with us and living in her little house six blocks away.

they each married only once. each other.
my dad, from his log books he left me, it appears he almost ran off once, but nothing ended up actualy comming of it. and even this was after i was out and living on my own.

=^^=
.../\...

No. Thank God.

They've been seperated for a few years now but are not yet divorced.

Mmmm, messy divorces. Aren't they just the greatest things ever invented? :rolleyes:Indeed - "Mummy, why is there a policeman asking daddy to leave the house?"

It never got violent though, just messy.

No, my Mum died and my Dad has decided that he is gay and lives with a guy thirty years younger than him, who when they first met, tried to blackmail him and now keeps him away from all of the family and his long term friends. So not only are my parents not 'together', my Dad is not 'together' with me or my kids either. Yep, it's as shit as it sounds.

No, my Mum died and my Dad has decided that he is gay and lives with a guy thirty years younger than him, who when they first met, tried to blackmail him and now keeps him away from all of the family and his long term friends. So not only are my parents not 'together', my Dad is not 'together' with me or my kids either. Yep, it's as shit as it sounds.Ouch, that does suck big time.

...what's your current relationship all about?

Just a couple of people who met, fell in love, and have been together ever since. We're actually looking into the possibility of having kids right now--it's a bit of a deal since I had a vasectomy 13 years ago. But we've both been married before and neither of us really wants to do it again. We have the attitude that--and these are her words--we want to wake up in the mornings and feel not like we're stuck with each other, but that we choose each other. Her parents call us the most married couple they know.

Yeah.

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

No, they divorced shortly after the "kids grew up".

Mind you, living in the hell of their little war while I was growing up made me believe that they should have taken the divorce option earlier.

I consider it child abuse now if children are forced to live in a household where the parents are constantly at war with each other.

My folks have been together for over 30 years. The first and only marriage for both of them.

My folks have been together for over 30 years. The first and only marriage for both of them.

And here we see an example of how a long-lasting heterosexual relationship has resulted in a child who grew up a bit different.

Bottle is living proof that heterosexual long-term relationships don't "rub off" on kids.

This is almost definitely going to end in a "If they were muslim, they'd still be together" rant, isn't it?

Depends on your definition of "together". My mother has been dead for over ten years, but my father hasn't remarried and isn't likely to.

This is almost definitely going to end in a "If they were muslim, they'd still be together" rant, isn't it?

How did you guess? It's either that, or "if they were a born again Christian, they would still be together".

Well, are they? If not were you raised when your parents were divorce, or perhaps were your parents never married?

My parents divorced when I was 6 years old, upon forcing me to move to Ottawa because my dad got a job that paid more but wasn't a crappy managerial position.

Custody was split 50/50, though that started to fail once I turned 14 years old and decided I didn't want to put up with my mother and wanted to see her as little as possible when it was the week to be with her. This was easy because my parents lived closed and I used "homework" as an excuse to go to my dad's house to use the computer.

Less than three years later because I was pissed at my mother, I took away her custody rights by moving in with my dad. Even if she went to court, I was old enough that they couldn't force me to live with her. That's when things got real messy because she refused to pay child support, despite that she has two incomes (as her common law husband, now my step-dad) was living with her.

They used make me deal with the money issues because they didn't want to talk to each other but after my mother got bitchy on child support (which is mandated by law until the child is 18 years old, but can be required longer if the child is still in school.)

It was not pretty...

My mother died and my father remarried. Better in ways to a divorce, in that people don't treat me as if I have a disease when they find out the reason why I have a step-mum. Divorce kids get it bad. A dead parent brings sympathy, a divorced one brings awkwardness.

Plus, I don't have to deal with the notion that my departed parent doesn't love me enough to stay.

It is true. Kids from a divorce was treated like shit by their peers, or at least that's the way it was when I was younger. That changed once I started grade 11 when most of my peers stared to come from broken families as well.

Shit no, my mum is on her 5th husband and my dad on his third wife, I am in fact the eldest of 16 of us.

This is almost definitely going to end in a "If they were muslim, they'd still be together" rant, isn't it?

Huh? Who said anything about Muslims in this thread? Paranoid, much?

They have been seperate for like..nearly 10 years now.

Huh? Who said anything about Muslims in this thread? Paranoid, much?

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Pavlov was a muslim? :eek:

This proves that muslims truly do brainwash their people!

Yep, 24 years and counting.

Huh? Who said anything about Muslims in this thread? Paranoid, much?

Come on--it's a Soviestan thread. Is it going to end in flowers and happiness?

Come on--it's a Soviestan thread. Is it going to end in flowers and happiness?

Well, at least you and I aren't dissing each other in this thread.

Come on--it's a Soviestan thread. Is it going to end in flowers and happiness?

Why (http://www.comby.org/photos/flowers/flowers.jpg)Not? (http://www.fdcw.unimaas.nl/cwsiot/shopwindow/music/Floor%20Manschot%20&%20Michiel%20Stoter/plaatjes/happiness.jpg)

Come on--it's a Soviestan thread. Is it going to end in flowers and happiness?

It's gone for 6 pages without much discussion to speak of. Sure, someone could probably flame him for not adding a poll....

Yes, my parents are still together. I was a bit of an oddity growing up, because I had both parents around. I almost wished they'd split up so I could fit in:eek: Okay, not really.

Yes, my parents are still together. I was a bit of an oddity growing up, because I had both parents around. I almost wished they'd split up so I could fit in:eek: Okay, not really.

You know, the only cool thing about having divorced parents was double christmas, thanksgiving and birthdays. The rest sucked, because you have to choose either pleasing your mom or dad. And being a person that tries to please everyone, it was tough growing up.

My parents are married by common-law marriage. Basically they lived together for so long, it became a legal marriage.

Yeah they're technically still together, though not without their troubles like all relationships.

My parents are still together, and have been for 24 years.

My mother and father divorced when I was 14. Now my mother is remarried and my father has a live-in girlfriend (he says he'll never get married again).

Yes, my parents are still together. I was a bit of an oddity growing up, because I had both parents around. I almost wished they'd split up so I could fit in:eek: Okay, not really.

That's so funny...I was the same way, sitting around in high school and having my friends complain about their parents and fighting, divorces, etc...and having nothing to add. <.<

That's so funny...I was the same way, sitting around in high school and having my friends complain about their parents and fighting, divorces, etc...and having nothing to add. <.<

Sad but true :( Most of my friends have divorced parents, often messily.