I am an adult child of divorced parents--ACODP.. not CODA!! Ok? That is some friends and my idea to be called. Anyway, my parents went through bitter separation and divorce in the 70s. It was bad. Then it gotten worse. My father married the next day after the divorce was final. That was nuts! He married a horrible person--she drinks alot and smoke alot. Blah!
It was fustrated because I was a student at deaf residental school and only home on weekends and vacation weeks/summers off. Well, during school year, every other weekends, I get to see either my mom or my father. It was hard!
That is another reason why I married late in life. I got married at age 41 rather than half of that age. I feared divorce, I feared to have kids because of divorce. My wife knows this and already had a talk. I wanted to have kids but my wife is done having children for personal reasons (age is one common reason but its something else. Sorry, private!)
Also the maturity I feared from the younger ones back then. So immature ladies and all. Many still do in their 20s and early 30s. No offense, ladies!
My sister is divorced already and my brother is in process. He got separated in 2005. It was horrible.
I pray my marriage to Tara who really communicate with me the best will cement our marriage for life. It is still not easy. I tell ya, marriage is hard work for everyone, really. Feel free to ask anybody who is married.
Have you considered you may not be a marriage material? Single all your life. Hey, you have choices YOURSELF!! No decisions from your spouse. You have right to live anywhere you want to be! Maybe not on Mars yet. LOL!
You have rights to have your house you want. Size, style, how many bathrooms, etc.
You have more money freedom!!! You can go buy that nice new car you like or RV or whatever because you do not have children to support and no wife to support!
Look at my brother. His is awful! The law for child support may have gone too far. But it is good idea to have it but I rather to change it a bit. Lower and only billed to halves of only necessary bills.
Well, the law sucks since it is almost HALF of what my brother earns goes to his child support to pay for his 2 boys. Hey, his ex to be just bought a brand new SUV! Why??? She has a banking job plus the child support. I dislike that. My brother has no cable TV because of that reason. 400 dollars for two boys PER WEEK! I feel bad for him. He has to sell his house and buy a house that he can rent the other half to tenants to help pay for mortgage.
Is that awful!? He makes 1000 a week at a factory.
Another thing, like Britney and Fed-X, you can see why Fed-X wants his children. Its Brit's MONEY!!!
That is why I like child support laws change to just medical bills, actual half grocery bills, half of clothes bills, etc.. that way, its strictly controlled and not get child support for personal expenses other than for wealth to the bank!
So, buddy, my advice, stay free as a freebird!!!! Hey, divorce cost 10 times the cost of a wedding as a famous saying in hearing world. Way more these days.