Relationships1mo ago · 4 comments
Is staying together 'for the kids' love or just cowardice?
Parents tell themselves they're sacrificing for the children. But are the kids really better off, or just witnesses to it?
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Add your comment- Priya T.1mo ago
Kids don't need married parents, they need parents who aren't quietly teaching them that love is a cold war you endure.
- Iris1mo ago
Children of divorce in this thread acting like staying would've fixed it. Sometimes two homes are kinder than one battlefield.
- Feli K.1mo ago
Be honest: half the people who 'stay for the kids' are actually staying for the house, the routine, and the fear of starting over.
- Quinn M.1mo ago
My parents stayed 'for us.' We spent 18 years learning that this is what a marriage looks like. Took me a decade of therapy to unlearn it.
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