(October 4, 2013 at 9:16 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: I've spent twenty years working on my wife's distrust of men thanks to her parent's acrimonious split. Them two still...30+ years later, fight something horrible. So divorce can damage kids. I think the secret is to remain amicable, even if that cocksucker of a deadbeat deserves a crowbar to the skull. Kids are like sponges, so show them how proper adults can be, and they'll manage fine.
You're absolutely right.
My parents split when I was a teenager - and my dad wouldn't speak or otherwise communicate with my mother except through attorneys and in the form of child support checks (which he was diligent in staying current on).
Twenty years later, when my son was born, he buried the hatchet and they are now on friendly terms.
Unfortunately the damage had already been done.
I learned from that - my son's mother and I are still on friendly terms.
