Your Family

[Metric1]

I'm posting this to see how many of you have parents that are still together or have parents that have separated. The reason I'm posting this is because my family has been spilt for close to 15 years now. I lived with my mom ever since. My dad and I had a rocky relationship until 2 years ago, now we're good and I couldn't be happier.

My brother graduated from university a few days ago and my mom and dad were together at the graduation. Obviously we partied as a family and the drinks were flowing. My mom and dad are both grads of the university so they knew a lot of people there. People came up to us and my parents introduced each other as their exes and I was baffled at the looks on their faces. It was like they had never seen a divorced couple in the same room at the same time..

Are your parents together? If not, do they still talk?

[Samantha]

Mine are still together, 23 years, but my dad was married before.

[Ekelektra]

My mum and dad are together, 19 years as of a couple of months ago.

[Swearwolf]

my mum and dad split about 18 years ago, they still get on but my dad lives near me and my mum lives about 100miles away now lol

[Kardan]

My parents got married 18 years ago, but split up 2 years ago. I'm surprised that you can manage to put up with each other for 20 years and then just deciding to part ways... My Dad has a new partner, and my mum seems to have a new boyfriend every few months. They talk over the phone, but only because they have children.

[LoveToStack]

Parents have been divorced for around 16 years, not unlike yours. My earliest memory is watching my dad drive away with some vague understanding that my parents weren't going to be together anymore. I have no memories of them being together.

My understanding of the divorce is that it was "irreconcilable differences", and I can understand that since they have very different personalities, but there was probably more to it. There must have been a straw that broke the camel's back so to speak but I'm unlikely to ever ask them about it; no point dredging up old, bad memories for them. I've never wanted them "back together" since I've never known them as anything other than divorced.

They don't talk. My mum still seems raw about it, even after all these years, and never speaks highly of my dad (which ironically lowers my opinion of her) if she speaks of him at all. He's a lot more aloof.

[Aiden]

My parents aren't together. :) They broke up about 3 years after I was born, then my dad went to prison for 5 years so yup (y). :L

[buttons]

mine have been separated 9 years and i don't have a relationship with my dad, lets keep it at that. parents don't talk and not even his own family want anything to do with him. he still gives my mum money for us and me and my brothers money for bday/Christmas. I will never have a relationship with him again. my dad has a new girlfriend who i don't get on with and my mums only had one boyfriend since who was another cheat lol but rich too... & some people wonder why i don't believe in love and only money.. im actually more shocked when people say their parents are still together! & jealous but meh

[AgnesIO]

Mine together for about 25 years now, what can I say :L

Fair few mates parents are split, guess I am lucky.

[Shar]

Mine are together, for 23 years now.

[Zak]

Mine are still together but I wish they weren't. My dad is an alcoholic and my mum has left my dad more times then I can remember but she always comes back. They argue almost every night and its made for a miserable 20 odd years listening to it all, the violence etc.

I basically live at my girlfriends house as they are a real family .. and it seems I crave that since I've never had a true family of my own. :(

[Liva]

Mine were together from when they were 16, to in their fourties. They used to fight constantly, until they decided to officially end things. Now they hardly fight at all, and they're good friends. I think the separation made things a lot better.

[David]

been together since high school, married for 23years

[Amberr]

My parents split about three years ago. they don't speak due to how much of a **** my dad was towards me so mum or me don't speak to him nomore and I've just recently found out that he's married to someone else already... My family is great.

[Absently]

my mum and dad have been split up ever since i can remember. i think it's so odd when parents can have a great time together and chat away, i know some of my friends parents who have split are great friends, idk i'm probably just jealous. my mums had loooads of partners since that and is currently with someone who she has been with for a good few years, my dad has just been with one (that i know of) and they're still together. quite recently, for my brothers 21st, they were having something in my dads. my mum was planning on going, but my dad uninvited her which really peeved off my mum considering it was her sons 21st.

[Zelda]

mine broke up like 3/4 years ago now, were togehter for like 15-20 years before, broke up cause of my dad cheating on my mum for a 3rd time and my mum had just had it by then and ended it, they still married though for some reason LMFAO, think my mum don't want to divorce cause she still getting money atm lmfao

[Catchy]

separated for about 5 years now. both have new partners, still speak occasionally though

[Jordan]

Nah they broke up after about 13 years I think. They still talk and live close by so I visit them each weekly. My nan and grandad have been together for 50 or more years!!!

[Chris]

Mine are still together. 19 years I think.

[MKR&*42]

My mum and dad split up like after 3 years
My mum and stepdad split up after a few years - maybe 4/5 years marriage idk.

All her other relationships havent lasted a year or longer, but her current partner is reaching the year mark i think.

[Hollie]

my mum and dad split up before i was born and didn't know him til i was like 8 or 9. i see him occasionally now but don't speak to him other than that and him and my mum don't really talk

[geo]

Mine are still together, they haven't been married for so long but they've been together for a looong time. There's been times when I honestly thought things were going to be over between the both of them with the amount of abuse my mum gives my dad, but he's stuck with her all this time.

[e5]

Yeah, mine are still together and have been for 21 years now.

[velvet]

mine aren't together, they split when i was 8 but they've always been amicable and both very much in my life. less so now i'm older though, my mom enjoys any chance to slate my dad.

[shiver]

i am lucky enough to say that my parents are still together, i think they have been for about 23 years or so.

[Cerys]

Mine split a few years ago after about 17 years together. *theyre 38 and 39 now*

It has really messed my life up to be honest..


My dad was a terrible father so I have chosen to be no longer in contact with him. My brother then moved to live with my dad, so I no longer see him either.
I live with my mum

[Narnat,]

My parents have been together for 21 years now

[Absently]

i think it'd be lovely to be capable of staying with someone for 20+ years and still be in love!! fingers crossed

[Calum0812]

Never known my dad and not interested to be honest.
He wanted my Mum to move to Ireland to have me in his hometown but she wanted to stay here because of her family.
He ran away basically and I have lived with my Mum ever since and love it ;)
My Grandad has always acted like a father figure, although he doesn't live with me, he's like the male figure in my family I look up to.

[buttons]

i think it'd be lovely to be capable of staying with someone for 20+ years and still be in love!! fingers crossed
ikr, funny how loads of grandparents are together 50+ years, parents only staying together 20+ then u have our generation that are together 2 years, have kids then split up soon after baby is born. like seriously there are 3 girls i know who have young kids and are constantly on/off with the fathers even before the baby was born!! maybe it's a generation thing and expectations of marriage-parenting

[!x!dude!x!2]

yep still together 21 years now i think

[Mikey]

Been together since 1989. :P