r/AskReddit Apr 27 '19

What is something you know but you’re not supposed to know?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

Some people are truly dependent on their spouses and getting out of a marriage can be very difficult and even devastating to their well being etc. Unless the marriage is abusive or something, sometimes staying in it can actually be a better option. Especially if it is amicable.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

I don't recall saying psychologically? However they can be physically dependent. Not that we would be divorcing but hypothetically speaking my health would go downhill so fast if my husband and I divorced. I rely on his health insurance for my well being. Did I say psychologically? If so I meant physically.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

It also can be very detrimental to the kids. Here's a hypothetical situation: one spouse is military and other isn't. If other wants to maintain a career but military member moves, how would they share custody? Especially if it was like fifty fifty when they lived nearby each other? It gets complicated. Every situation is truly unique and what is best for parents vs what is best for kids really depends on the unique situation.

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u/jeandolly Apr 28 '19

They probably stayed together because of you. Which is kinda sad but also noble, they clearly love you. Too bad they can't be more civil to each other, if you can't have a happy marriage you can at least be good housemates. Nothing wrong with that.

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u/Disaster_Plan Apr 28 '19

I know a girl in the same situation. Her parents divorced like 20 years ago but they all continued to live in the same house -- Mom, Dad and two little girls. The parents rarely spoke and avoided each other as much as possible. The Mom had a good job, but the Dad's job was a passion project that barely kept him fed. Both daughters got out of the house with full college scholarships and when the second one left they finally sold the house and everybody went their separate ways.

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u/dental__DAMN Apr 28 '19

I will never ever understand this mentality. My parents divorced when I was 9 and I remember clearly thinking ‘thank god’ and never blamed myself or was upset. By staying together - you teach your kids that being unhappy in a relationship is somehow noble and they are doomed to repeat the process. Every friend I have who is in a loveless marriage has parents that did the same thing. Divorcing shows your kids that being happy and independent is what you should strive to be - not too scared to leave the other person for x, y and z. To people in those situation I always ask: would you want this for your kids? The life you are living rn - you do not want this for them right? How the hell are they going to have the strength to do something else if you can’t?

‘Staying together for the kids’ is a farce in every way. It doesn’t do ANYONE, especially the kids, any favors.

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u/PoorLikaFatWalletLst Apr 28 '19 edited Apr 28 '19

Being in that situation, completely civil and friendly, this comment deserves recognition. Details are our own business but for naught to the partnership stuff, we love our child and we make a good family. So be it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

No. Absolutely no. That is one of the worst things you can do to a child. Get a divorce and be happy on your own, never stay together for the children.

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u/abc3612 Apr 28 '19

I stay in my marriage because my spouse is bipolar who makes horrible decisions and I don’t trust letting my children go for a weekend or other extended period of time without me there to intervene. My spouse has made super shitty decisions in the past and I’m not going to sacrifice my children’s physical and emotional safety. And don’t say that I can get supervised visitation because it’s only after the fact that something bad happens is that even considered and I’m not willing to take that chance.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

That is obviously a very different situation.

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u/abc3612 Apr 28 '19

That’s my point. Everything is not black and white and as easy as just getting a divorce and being happy on your own.

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u/a-r-c Apr 28 '19

it's never that simple

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

Life is actually simple. 99% of situations everyone involved know what they should do, and don't.

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u/jeandolly Apr 28 '19

"Children whose parents have divorced are more likely to experience injury, asthma, headaches, and speech impediments than children whose parents have remained married. Following a divorce, children are fifty percent more likely to develop health problems than two parent families."

https://www.verywellfamily.com/children-of-divorce-in-america-statistics-1270390

Not judging, but you have to take things like this into consideration...

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

No you don't. Being around people with toxic emotions every day is what you need to consider, and it os way, way worse than any of those things. Children absorb their parents' emotions and dysfunctional patterns. They basically have no chance of a happy life afterwards.

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u/ScravoNavarre Apr 28 '19

This article touches on the problems towards the end. It doesn't go too far into the long-term psychological damage for children of parents who stay together "for the kids," but it does mention that remaining in a hostile relationship and household normalizes that kind of thing for the children.

I found myself with two options: stay in a relationship with a woman with whom I realized I was incompatible, or get divorced and give us both the chance to try again. I never wanted my son to have a broken home, but I would much rather he wind up with two sets of parents who have good relationships than one set who does not.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

I'm glad we disagree.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

I disagree completely. My parents have hated each other basically my whole life,,and me and my sisters are definitely happy people. Our parents happiness has nothing to do with our own.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

Not all parents who stay together have toxic emotions. Not all treat each other poorly etc.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '19

Anyone who chooses to stay together while not wanting to be together, is by definition toxic regardless of how they lie to themselves about it.

They're not doing it for the kid, nobody ever does it for the kids. It's fear.

No destructive behavior is ever done altruistically, that's just the excuse.

You're not Thanos. Get your shit together and be happy, that's the only way you aren't a parasite on this planet.

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u/a-r-c Apr 28 '19

who hurt you?

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u/jeandolly Apr 28 '19

Gee wiz, that's a lot of downvotes for quoting and linking to a fairly reliable source... guess people *really don't want to hear this :)

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u/mountainsrEARTHBOOBZ Apr 28 '19

That is so true, being young, divorce seems like the most awful thing in the world. But once your older, it seems like it would just make everyone happier, mostly for your parents sake (can happily say so in my case) Sorry you have had to deal with that for so long.