How many people's parent here are still together/married.

freshpopcorn

I was talking to a friend recently and something came up about someone's parents splitting from our old college class. There was about 30 people in the course and my parents and her parents are the only ones who are still together.
So are your parents still together/married?

jantheman91

Nope.

Divorced since I was 12.

Call Me Jimmy

Mine are but they shouldn't be. Scream at each every day without fail, and I mean scream. Have done since year dot. But raising kids kept them occupied. Generally don't even seem to get along on a personal level.

55 Stephens St

two of mine are...

Vito Corleone

Yes, mine are.

Jhcx

Everyone I know is split up. I only have the one parent so I can't say much but least their happily married twice hopefully till the day I die or they die either way hope mine never goes the way of the current world.

Mr. Incognito

My Parents weren't married. My father was a milkman on a small island on the west of ireland who used to call to her in the mornings, they had a whirlwind romance.

He was killed tragically in a milk float explosion on a milk truck that went over 4 miles an hour.

In fairness though everyone said he was Mustard.

jebus84

parents are separated with ten years haven't talked to each other in that time,my wedding is going to be awkward as ****

Mariasofia

Mine split when I was 15 hate arguments since......so my new resolution is not to go to bed after an argument






Stay up and fight all night

Miss Lockhart

They are married and together but I dearly wish they weren't as he is an abusive scumbag.

Pj!

I have absolutely nothing to back this up and forget where I read it but I did read that on current trends over 50% of new marriages in the western world will end in seperation. (Oh and many of the others will be unhappy relationships.)

Happy times.

Shane-KornSpace

Nope. Split up when I was 12.
And they never married.

wazky

All three of mine are still together, including my fathers mistress.

Irish Guitarist

My father died in 2000. Before that he and my mother had been married for forty years. There's a video of my parents anniversary party where someone is making a speech about them being married for forty years, my father says "and next year it will be forty one". He died before the year was out. I've only seen the video once.

diomed

One dead.

WilyCoyote

Together there beyond the blue:

Dad 1966
Mom 2009

SPM1959

Together but living as friends rather than 'husband and wife'.
Works for them.

toastedpickles

My dad left when I was 3 so my mother, like most here maybe, had to play the two roles, I admire the hell out of her for doing that

jantheman91

toastedpickles wrote: »

My dad left when I was 3 so my mother, like most here maybe, had to play the two roles, I admire the hell out of her for doing that

Mine left at 12 and I still think the exact same as you.

Any mother that does that deserves a medal.

Reiketsu

My parents were married for 22 years before they split up 8 years ago. Divorced now. Can't get along at all. Very few people that I know have parents that are still together.

December2012

Married 45 years until one of them died.

osarusan

Married 44 years last September. Happily so, as far as I can see.

scrubber72

Mine are 48 years and a day married. She was engaged at 15. He was 18.
Hard as nails woman.
Recovering alcoholic father of 25 years. Love both dearly.
Can't remember life before he stopped drinking but hope he goes before she does. He adores her still.

Lenin Skynard

Mine split when I was 12. Seems like the magic number in this thread.

martinedwards

both my parents and my inlaws married the same year.

they are both (both couples that is) 55 years married, and while they aren't all over eachother like newlyweds each couple is clearly still very much in love.

ZzubZzub

My parents are together 27 years. I can only hope that my marriage turns out like theirs. They are the best of friends and still very much in love. It's lovely!

My parents had a very short separation when I was in my early teens. They've been through a whole hell of a lot of crap, but they're still together and adore each other.

Chattastrophe!

Married for 30 years now, still very happy together as far as I can see. Can't imagine them ever separating.

beks101

Together & 33 years married.
Most of my friends' parents are together too.
I dont think divorce was an option in my parent's time.
I think if it had been, they may have gone their separate ways years ago.
But they stuck it out, for the kids, and now they've got a great love & respect for one another.
I respect that persistence & will to fight for the marriage though, and that old fashioned view I suppose that marriage really should be for life.

dockleaf

Mine were married for 44 years until my mother died over 10 years ago, he still visits her grave every day. I ticked the 'married' box.

I'm married 11 years myself, all my siblings married for longer, the longest for 20 years, all still together.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

My parents were just a month over 20 years married when my mother died, so I ticked the married box too

Meangadh

Mine are married almost 37 years now. My father in particular would be completely lost without my mother. My father is a cranky fecker half the time but I love both my parents to bits- they're legends.

I'm very lucky in my group of friends though as a huge amount have either lost parents early through illness or their parents have separated- actually in all cases the separations were caused by their dads having affairs or leaving their mothers (some have no contact with their dads since they were very young) or their dads being abusive to their mothers. I'm surprised more of my friends don't have major issues with men in their lives, but thankfully it hasn't greatly effected them- mostly due to the fact that they have amazing mothers.

WilyCoyote

Mint Aero

According to Mint Aero's statistics. If you meet your partner in a club nowadays and get hitched down the line, that marraige will end in divorce 6 out of 10 times. However, if you meet your partner online. That marraige wil only end in divorce 1 out of 10 times.

helimachoptor

Father died when I was 6 and while my mam was pregnant with my brother, she did a fantastic job raising the 2 of us and the odd time with rebelliousness myself and my bro didn't make it easy for her she was good cop/bad cop in one parent.

It's only as I've gotten older that I realised everything she did for us

Trojan stuff from her tbh

ivytwine

You know it's funny, my parents were together probably little over 3 years... they broke up when I was one year old. Never married.

Love them both to bits and in fairness they handled it very well. Used to go stay with Dad and his new girlfriend and Mam never had any issues. I remember there being a slight issue when I was getting my confirmation when I was 12 but apart from that they always got on well and put me first. Neither of them are the type to hold grudges thankfully. I was very lucky. They've been to my graduations together, school plays, so on. A girl at my grad had to keep her parents apart for the entire day, which I thought was horrible and so selfish of them.

Anyway, in primary school in a small town I was one of only two kids with separated parents, but in secondary school it began to creep up- around the age of 12 weirdly enough. By the time I was in college a lot of people seemed to have separated parents- it's definitely more common than it used to be.

Even in my houseshare, none of us have 'traditional' families.

I was chatting to a friend of a friend who's a teacher and she said she feels a bit weird that kids in her class say stuff like 'my stepdad took me here'. I really think that it should be a bit more normalised. Almost every book I read as a kid had Mammy, Daddy, two kids... Stepparents can often have a bigger role than biological parents and yet it's very rare you hear anything positive about stepparents.

It's possible to be a perfectly happy individual in a blended family. Some of the most messed up people I know come from the stereotypical nuclear family.

mojesius

The split up when I was 9. They never got divorced though, only legally separated so far Dad still comes to my mums most years for Xmas dinner. They wouldn't be best friends or anything, but they're amicable enough. Glad they split up as they were totally unsuited.

IvyTheTerrible

Parents are happily married 35 years. Things were tough when we were small but if they didn't split up then, they'll never split up, they get on much better now.

Teyla Emmagan

Married over 40 years are still mad about each other. Have loads of similar interests but also a tonne of separate ones, very supportive of each other. Still hold hands and snog and all of that. I have never seen one angry at the other. I am sure there have been loads of rows, but never in front of us. There has never been any bitterness, or sniping. They're very happy. It's lovely to see to be honest.

All my friends' folks are still together incidentially, bar a few who have been widowed.

fatherted1969

Mother and father married. Father died when i was 5, had 6 other brothers and sisters under 9. My brother was born 10 days after my days died. She remarried again 2 years later, he died when i was 13, had another 2 sisters. She remarried again when i was 17, had another 2 brothers. Married 26 years now, she's a tough oul bird me ma.

Now which box should i tick for all that :-)

gabsdot40

My parents have been married for 45 years. Happily from what I observed.
They are activly retired now and enjoying life.
It's comforting to see a marriage that has worked, makes me think mine can do the distance too.

JillyQ

Mine are 50 years married, still happy as ever.

Pumpkinseeds

They've been married for 41 years, they should have split up at least 25 years ago. They live under the same roof, seperate rooms, seperate lives and don't even stay in the same room to watch tv.

Shenshen

Mine separated 25 years ago... I remember that having been the happiest day of my life for a long time, the day my mother told me she was leaving my father.
I haven't spoken to him since, despite my mother trying her best to keep us in contact with him. She really believed the nonsense about children needing a father. To this day, I tend to fly in a rage whenever some voices this nonsense in my presence.
Children need loving parents, and if one of them develops into a self-obsessed, sadistic maniac the best the other parent can do is make sure the kids are not exposed to him/her any more.

Witchie

Mine are married 44 years and despite the odd spat they are as much, if not more in love now as they ever were.

I am so glad they are as at least my sons can see that sometimes a marriage can work.

Legs.Eleven

My dad was married to my mother for 24 years before she died. He remarried again a few years later and has been with my stepmother now for 19 years. He's obviously a man for the long-termers. Definitely has influenced my own view of relationships (positively).

anncoates

They're still married after forty years.

Like any couple, they seemed to have their ups and downs when they were rearing us but actually get on really well now and have a good social life.

Ruu

Married 42 years, hasn't been plain sailing like many others mentioned here. They still go out for drives at the weekend and grub as well. Mam is retired but Dad is still working away, maybe next year will be his last after he got a lump secured when he moves on.

nicowa

Mine would have been married 30 years this year the month my mother moved out. They'd always had their arguments and dad seemed to keep a lot of financials from her, for good and bad reasons, but I suppose when we'd all moved out it just crashed. Dad would take her back I think but she won't go. So we're in the initial sticky stages at the moment.

thecatspjs

Married about 28 years but my dad moved out for a while due to the fact that he was a fool who didn't seem to realise how good he had it. He's back now but separate bedrooms and fairly grim atmosphere at times. Honestly not sure why they're still together.

Ilyana 2.0

They're married 25 years next May. As far as I can see, they'd be lost without each other even though they have independent pastimes and interests. They might bicker now and then butbut generally there has always been a happy, peaceful atmosphere at home.

We're very lucky really.