Quote:My dad married 5 different women in a 25 year span so I know what seeing parents divorce looks like. It wasn't ideal but I can't see myself as a kid living in the same house with my parents while they sleep in different bedrooms and dating other people. I would always have the impression that my parents may get back together only to get disappointed time and again when they brought their respective partners around. At least with a divorce it's final and there really is no question. My parents divorced when I was 4 years old and there was never any doubt there would be reconciliation. This, to me, confuses everyone involved.

 

Also, my ex-husband and I lived in the same house but in separate rooms and he had a girlfriend. At the time neither one of us could afford to divorce and go our separate ways. I hated every second of it. Even though it was the 'sensible' thing to do at the time and the marriage was most definitely over, it was torture. He never brought her around but it didn't matter. It still sucked.

 

Plus, the adults are the ones who decide how they behave when going through a divorce. They choose whether to act like responsible adults or bratty children.