I always thought I was weird because I never knew what career I wanted. I was always pressured all through school. I got an office job and everyone was so happy that I "figured it out". Well, I hated it. I didn't want to work. I wanted to stay home and have babies. I'm finally doing just that and I have never been happier.
3/4 of my high school friend's parents were divorced. My parents were divorced. I didn't want to get married because I didn't want to go through a divorce. It seemed a natural outcome of getting married. That is why I kept going through school. I didn't know what I was going to do after school though, and I drifted.
I am lucky to have found a man who convinced me that marriage didn't have to be that way.
I'm glad you found someone. It would have been tough to grow up with that. It's no wonder you don't want to go through the same thing. It can be really traumatic kids, to have their lives turned upside down like that. It doesn't have to be like that though. There are just as many children of divorce that go on to have happy healthy marriages. My parents are still married but their relationship is dysfunctional. It took a minute to break out of some of those habits but it can be done.
Same. I spent the entirety of my 20s working my ASS off at service jobs, retail jobs, and office jobs. I also spent lots of time in school. I many times went over 30 hours without sleep. It was horrible. I hated it. And in the end I didn't have much of anything to show for any of it, except for lessons learned. Thank God I met the man I married and when I was 29 and am now having his third child.
I always thought I was weird because I never knew what career I wanted. I was always pressured all through school. I got an office job and everyone was so happy that I "figured it out". Well, I hated it. I didn't want to work. I wanted to stay home and have babies. I'm finally doing just that and I have never been happier.
3/4 of my high school friend's parents were divorced. My parents were divorced. I didn't want to get married because I didn't want to go through a divorce. It seemed a natural outcome of getting married. That is why I kept going through school. I didn't know what I was going to do after school though, and I drifted.
I am lucky to have found a man who convinced me that marriage didn't have to be that way.
I'm glad you found someone. It would have been tough to grow up with that. It's no wonder you don't want to go through the same thing. It can be really traumatic kids, to have their lives turned upside down like that. It doesn't have to be like that though. There are just as many children of divorce that go on to have happy healthy marriages. My parents are still married but their relationship is dysfunctional. It took a minute to break out of some of those habits but it can be done.
Same. I spent the entirety of my 20s working my ASS off at service jobs, retail jobs, and office jobs. I also spent lots of time in school. I many times went over 30 hours without sleep. It was horrible. I hated it. And in the end I didn't have much of anything to show for any of it, except for lessons learned. Thank God I met the man I married and when I was 29 and am now having his third child.