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This is why I think MORE parents should divorce. Of course there's no guarantee you wouldn't still have relationship problems. Maybe your parents new relationships would have had a similar influence or maybe your relationship issues aren't really related.

I have a friend who's stayed married for > 10 years for the kids. His wife hates him, is passive aggressive to him and is always putting him down. It's rubbed off on the kids and he's struggling to teach them the way mommy treats daddy is not the way they should treat people.

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Let me add, I also have a close friend who has great parents who've been madly in love their whole life and yet he massively struggles with relationships.



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