Mom divorced my dad when I was seven years old. My dad didn't leave me. Mom and my half-brother (his stepson) left him.
[shrug] I don't know how one is supposed to deal with that. I thought my parents' relationship was normal, you know? I never really associate my parents to the concept of "parents" as in BOTH roles... I only know "parent", singular. I do have a lot of unresolved issues with both of my parents but [shrug] it does have a major influence in my love life. I don't want to get married at all. I have a very twisted sense of what "love" is because i dont grow up seeing one life-lasting love (mom: many boyfriends after divorcing my dad so I don't believe that anybody can love somebody else enough to last a lifetime... sad, i know) so I only know one type of love: unconditional love of family and friends.