Things got heated and my dad told my mom that either he was leaving or she had to and if he left he didn't plan on staying around here! My mom told him she didn't want either one to leave she wanted them to stay together and work things out but dad says that's not an option so my mom is staying with me and my dh.
They won't talk to each other and divorce has been thrown around! I don't want my parents to divorce! I don't know what I would do. I wish I could do something to help them. I'm trying to stay strong for my mom because she hasn't stopped crying since yesterday afternoon! I don't know what to say to make her feel better! I know she is so tore up inside! Needed to vent to someone don't want to make my mom feel worse than she already does! I just can't believe after 31 yrs something like this blew up so big :(
Quoting poshkat:
My parents divorced after 30 years of unhappily being married. Is this something he's always done or new? Sometimes couples go into marriage and grow apart but don't really notice until the children are out of the house.
Quoting poshkat:
My parents divorced after 30 years of unhappily being married. Is this something he's always done or new? Sometimes couples go into marriage and grow apart but don't really notice until the children are out of the house.
Have you tried talking to your dad? You said they were at the unemployment office, did your mom lose her job? Maybe that is causing extra stress between them. I know things get stressful between my parents when finances are tough even though they have no kids at home.
Quoting Thomasmom07:
I never thought my parents would either. It seemed like things were going fine with them. Made me question my marriage and life. My sister verbally smacked me back to normal. I told her "if mom and dad do, what about us? How can we know? What makes you think we'll be ok in our marriages?".
I can't believe he left her stranded. I'd be pissed as hell at my dad.
Anyway, best you can do is stay out of it which is hard since your mom is living with you.
I'm sorry, I hope they can work it out, it sucks for you to be in the middle of this. Like the previous poster said, they may have been very unhappy for years and this is just the last straw. Or is your mom menopausal perhaps? Have they been to counseling? Any infidelity that you're aware of?
I don't think this is all about the unemployment office incident. There has to be more to the story that maybe you don't know.
Quoting Lindalou907:I'm sorry, I hope they can work it out, it sucks for you to be in the middle of this. Like the previous poster said, they may have been very unhappy for years and this is just the last straw. Or is your mom menopausal perhaps? Have they been to counseling? Any infidelity that you're aware of?
When you met your dh/so?
- Thomasmom07
on Jan. 4, 2013 at 3:21 PM