Jean Grey Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 My parents just celebrated their 59th anniversary in September! Wow, then it's time you start thinking about a really great gift for them! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormwind Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 My parents got divorced after 16 years, when I was about 12, when my dad found a younger woman. (young enough to be his daughter! :shock: ) She turned out to be a good friend, though, and I got a step-brother and a half-sister from it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lekzýs Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 My parents have been married for 25 years since last September ('07). Though, to be honest, I don't know how long it will last - they argue frequently about everything; and my dad has already told me that 'she [my mother] isn't the same woman I [my father] married'... :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bydefault Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Yes, still married but I really didn't dwell on the nature of their relationship until recently. I have two brothers and one sister and I was the first born male. None of us recall our parents ever engaging in any sort of physical contact to this day - not even holding hands or a peck on the cheek. I wonder how this may have shaped our personalities. I do remember, when my brother and I were 13 and 14 respectively, that my father took us to a coworker's house to socialize with two girls about our age. We were both very embarrassed about the visit but we did briefly end up playing table tennis with them. I wonder if he was trying to see whether or not we were gay as neither one of us seemed interested in girls? At any rate, we never followed up on the visit. It was quickly forgotten by all of us and was never mentioned again. :oops: Of the four of us, my sister and one of my brothers is heterosexual, one brother is gay, and I am a hetero-romantic asexual. I'm actually relieved that two of us ended up heterosexual, married, with children since this satisfied the unspoken expectation of someone producing grandchildren for my parents. I would imagine things can get pretty unbearable for an only child who is gay or asexual. I can tell my parents are still uneasy about the "status" of my brother and I but they have adopted a "don't ask, don't tell" policy and that's fine by me. Although I am now curious I won't pry into their relationship either. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitter Spock Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 They have been living together for 20+ years, and they have never married. I am not sure whether to say "No" or "They were never married in the first place." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosalie Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 They were married but they divorced after 19 years of marriage (I was 3), so I voted yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCatLover Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 My sisters and I are currently cooking up plans to send our parents away to a nice cabin for their 25th (this March). Sometimes, I'm not sure how they put up with each other, but they seem to find the annoying traits to also be endearing. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyCloud Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I was raised by a single mom (and married grandparents until my grandfather died when I was 9) In the 20 years that I live on this earth my mother has had only one "boyfriend" (that I know of, but I doubt there were more) it lasted only about 2 months I think. My mother's always been anti-relationships, saying she wouldn't want to live with a man and she's more than happy on her own. It's my grandmother's theory that this attitude is what made me gay :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goddess Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 My mom and dad got divorced after three years of marriage. Right before I turned three, I think. They had the traditional "shotgun" wedding because my mom got pregnant with me. Dad then went on to date a woman a few years later that "oops" him so he would stay with her. Never married her. Then whe I was about 10 or 11, he remarried. Mom's been with the same verbally abusive couch-lump loser since I was around 8. They never married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enkai Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 My parents have been happily married for over 30 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings of a Dream Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 They've been married 25 years and are still going strong :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivalee Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Mom were never married to 'that man'. I refuse to call him dad, since he have been a real ass, by lying about horrible and stupid things. For example, he thought he could fool mom by telling her that he once had HIV, but he was completly cured by taking penicillin (yeah, he really is THAT stupid). Haven't heard from him for about 3-4 years, but that's ok, since I never want to see his face or hear his voice ever again. I'm fine with my mom and my brothers, so I don't need him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamtoad Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Mine have been separated since last summer, but they're not yet divorced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Mine are divorced and aren't exactly on the best of terms. My dad is 'estranged', he visits when he pleases and breaks a lot of promises, and has always been unreliable and a liar. Their relationship was already falling apart when I was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow girl Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Mine were never married in the first place. I was unplanned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astryda Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 They were married for 7 years, in which 5 years they were separated, then divorced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starscream Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Yes, my parents are married, but they are separated. They still stay in contact on a regular basis though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arisa Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Mine married really young, but the relationship went to shit. After some years of brutal fighting and two kids, they split. It was apparently not on good terms, and one wouldn't attend the other's funeral. Though not all the relationships are nearly so bad, most of them in my family not work out too well. I'm wondering if it's that and not my asexuality that have affected my desire for that stable, family relationship. I've never once wanted to get married or have my own family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alludere Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 My parents have been separated for years, but they are still married. Therefore, I did not vote in this poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annwyl_cariad Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 My parents have been married 24 years, and their marriage is very stable. I've seen them go through a lot together, and I can't imagine anything would separate them at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnotforever Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 They finalized the divorce a year ago, but separated about four years ago. Boy, I am in the minority here! It seems aces with still-married parents are (happily) overrepresented! for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt8 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 They were married part of my life, got divorced, my dad remarried and my mom is single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tabula Rasa Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 My biological parents were never married. My maternal grandparents raised me, and they were married for 58 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazmin Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Mine married really young, but the relationship went to shit. After some years of brutal fighting and two kids, they split. It was apparently not on good terms, and one wouldn't attend the other's funeral.Though not all the relationships are nearly so bad, most of them in my family not work out too well. I'm wondering if it's that and not my asexuality that have affected my desire for that stable, family relationship. I've never once wanted to get married or have my own family. Hmm. Well, in my case - parents are still married, have been for twenty-something years, they have a stable relationship, etc...so you'd think I'd have turned out "normal". Yet I still ended up in the same boat as you (and a lot of other aces, I'm assuming). Never really had the desire to "get married when I grow up" (like a lot of little girls supposedly do). And I don't want to have my own kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 My parents got married young too--my mom was 19, my dad was 24. I'm an only child and I didn't come along until almost 9 years after the wedding!!! (But I was very welcome, so it's all good lol). My parents were married in September of 1946! My dad died last August (2008) after 5 years of dementia--probably Alzheimer's. :evil: (An evil disease if ever there was one!!!) My mom and I were his caretakers until the last month or two when he first went into a hospital, then a hospice, where he died. :( He was 86 years old when he died, 81 when he first displayed symptoms of dementia. My mom will turn 82 on June 26th!!! :D Oh yikes, as usual I keep yapping on and forget what I meant to say! :redface: Anyway, if my dad had only lived another month or so, he and my mom would have been married for 62 years!!!! ^_^ Until that evil dementia came along (and even in spite of it!), my parents were devoted to each other and had a very happy, loving marriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rai Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 They divorced when I was six. Things in terms of my home life were fine up until then because my mother went more than a little psycho after the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toujours Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Hey this is amazing!!! Many of us still have married parents. Mine are happy as I know it. Over 30 years of marriage. It's not perfect, they have their fights but they still love each other very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdrdash Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 My parents have been married for 57 years. We had a big bash for them in 2002 celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallenAngel Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 My parents got divorced after about 3 years together. I was about 2 years old when they did so. Blah -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porygon Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 My parents were married for 11 years, and I'm positive that they still would be had my dad not passed away in 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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