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

freshpopcorn · 29-12-2013 03:52AM #1

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 · 29-12-2013 03:53AM

Nope.

Divorced since I was 12.

Call Me Jimmy · 29-12-2013 03:56AM

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 · 29-12-2013 03:57AM

two of mine are...

Vito Corleone · 29-12-2013 03:58AM

Yes, mine are.

Jhcx · 29-12-2013 03:58AM

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 · 29-12-2013 04:01AM

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 · 29-12-2013 04:02AM

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

Mariasofia · 29-12-2013 04:07AM

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 · 29-12-2013 04:07AM

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

Pj! · 29-12-2013 04:12AM

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 · 29-12-2013 04:30AM

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

wazky · 29-12-2013 04:49AM

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

Irish Guitarist · 29-12-2013 04:52AM

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 · 29-12-2013 05:28AM

One dead.

WilyCoyote · 29-12-2013 05:31AM

Together there beyond the blue:

Dad 1966
Mom 2009

SPM1959 · 29-12-2013 05:35AM

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

toastedpickles · 29-12-2013 05:36AM

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 · 29-12-2013 05:52AM

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 · 29-12-2013 07:47AM

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 · 29-12-2013 07:54AM

Married 45 years until one of them died.

osarusan · 29-12-2013 07:59AM

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

scrubber72 · 29-12-2013 08:01AM

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 · 29-12-2013 08:22AM

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

martinedwards · 29-12-2013 08:40AM

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 · 29-12-2013 09:21AM

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!

29-12-2013 09:25AM

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! · 29-12-2013 09:26AM

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

beks101 · 29-12-2013 09:28AM

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 · 29-12-2013 10:04AM

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 · 29-12-2013 10:11AM

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

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