I was talking to my friends (we are all under 35) and I realized i am the only one with parents who are still married. One of my friends parents aren't together because his mother passed when we were kids (but his dad was cheating on her anyway) and everyone else's parents are divorced. So are your parents still together or are the divorced?

vividdaze12

Grandparents = 60 yrs
parents = 36 years
me= 6 years
All in all, I know of four divorces in my extended family. (2nd cousins)
And like jillanleab no children before.

bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE

Awww, I just love hearing of couples that are still together this day in age. It is so sweet!

My parents divorced after 17 years and my boyfriend's parents were never married. They don't even speak now.

I hope to die old, wrinkly and happy with the one I love.

*sigh*

HistorianChick

My parents were just shy of 25 years when my Dad passed away.

I know what you mean... its sad.

(Brunettebeauty , LOL! Loved your *sigh* - me too! I'm Holding out for a Hero and singing 80's songs! )

bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE

I think most women wants their knight in shining armor

I can't speak for men though...

Hehe

Emland

My parents divorced after 35 years of marriage (they waited for me to finish High School). My hubby's parents have had mutiple divorces. MIL - on hubby #6, FIL passed away on wife #5.

My hubby and I will celebrate year #22 in June!

I do believe that society's opinion on morality is having an effect on marriages, but I also believe that most women of 50 years ago and beyond didn't have divorce as an option. Many of the women of that era didn't have the resources to support themselves or their children. They were raised to be silent sufferers and do whatever they had to do to keep their family together or be perceived as a failure by family and society. Hopefully the young women of today truly understand that they aren't expected to put up with abuse or other horrible behavior because it is their "duty" to stay.

ldyastrid

My parents were married for close to 50 years when my mother passed away, then 3 years later my father joined her - he died 6 years ago.

Out of the 7 kids in our family, 3 have married once and I truly don't believe they will ever divorce... the other 4 of us, 1 married 3 times, 2 of us married twice (tho my brother is getting a divorce from wife #2), and 1 is divorced and doesn't ever plan on re-marrying.

My husband's parents stayed together, tho his father died when he was 11 - his mother never re-married.

Out of the 5 kids in his family, 1 never married (the oldest), 2 have been married for 25+ years or so and still going strong, 1 married 3 times - my husband (but twice to the same woman), and 1 married once but it's a rocky, hurtful marriage that hopefully will end before too long - the sadness is overpowering.