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Originally Posted by cylon  But my parents were not amicable in divorcing. I grew up with them both badmouthing each other, through me. |
That's a good point, it's bad when parents badmouth each other to their kids.
When my parents divorced, I found out once I was an adult that my father had made a decision at that moment. He had decided he would never badmouth my mother to my sister and I. He had decided that she would still be our mother regardless of what happened between him and her, so he decided he would never tell us anything bad about her, nor complain about her to us. And he pretty much didn't and I'm very glad he did. My mother and my father also stayed amicable toward each other all of these years, and I bet that helped keep things amicable.