Growing up, did you feel your parents had a "good-healthy marriage," or was it obvious to you even then that they did not?
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ANSWERS: 14
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Well, my folks have been married for almost 43 years. The most unhealthy thing about their marriage is the way that they deal with my brother. Any conflict between them has always stemmed from my brother. My mom was an only child so she acted pretty selfishly and usually got her way in matters by raising her voice. Thankfully, my dad usually gave into her just to keep the peace. My brother who is 37 still lives at home with my parents. My brother treats my mother badly at times and sometimes my father takes the side of my brother. I am just happy that I left that home almost 21 years ago because I am much happier now.
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My parents split up when I was 9 months old and divorced at a later date . I would have no knowledge except polite friendliness when they met to discuss what was to be my next trial.Or the next stage of my education. I could tell you much more about my alchoholic stepfather
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It was mainly a healthy environment. When I was very little I couldn't tell for sure. As I grew older I got a better sense of problems between my folks and what made each other tick. It was very, very rare when my siblings and I were dragged into their issues. They're still together by the way. :)
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I didn't know if it was an unhealthy marriage or not. I had no other examples to compare it to really. I now know it was extremely unhealthy. For the most part, I think I had a good upbringing in spite of their problems. I know had I been raised by my biological family, it could have been much worse. My biological siblings tell some horror stories of their childhoods.
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My parents were married for 20 years, which was 19 years too long. Everyone knew it, even me.
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They were married 50 plus years and had a very good marriage.
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They've been married 56 years and love each other, but it was not always that way. My mother is a very, very bleak, negative person. NOTHING she ever says is positive or cheerful or encouraging. (She thinks that by thinking "good" thoughts you'll "jinx" things, so she is afraid of, and hates, everything.) She's a bit better now. Some people mellow with age, I guess.
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They've had a solid marriage for 27 years and 4 days now. In this time of commonplace divorce, they have remained faithful to each other. They are both like me in the sense that they cannot live withotu each other. I'm very lucky to have them as my parents
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A good healthy marriage. They still "date" each other and are very much in love. This Sept. will mark their 45th anniversary. I hope to be as happy someday! :D
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It was very obvious to me i was born into something resembling a childs worst nightmare.
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It was obvious they didnt they broke up when i was 11.
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It was obvious from about age 10 on that they did not. By age 14, they had seperate rooms. At age 19, I went and found a divorce attorney for them and urged my mother to file for divorce. Living with my father was miserable.
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It started going south when I was about 8, then my dad died, so although it was a horrible thing, I didn't ever have to choose over parents, like some kids have to.
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My parents were a textbook example of toxicity and hatred. They even took decorative swords off the walls and fought with those. Ridiculous.
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