broken families

[Omniyoji]

Wow, 50/50

[Jefe]

Dad passed away when I was young. Other than that, normalish family I guess lol.

[_chuchu]

do families need to be nerfed if they are broken?

[darkepyon]

Both parents married, celebrating year #30 together next month.

[Nirokun!]

(1)

I'm in what I would consider your typical family, although there's no 'love' at all between siblings, same for my parents.
(I wish my sister would just drop dead at times, maybe H1N1 will be the answer >.>)

This. But trade sister for brother, and H1N1 for car crash, and we're just the same!

[Abandon]

(2). Mom died when I was 5, breast cancer that spread to her brain. Dad, douchebag. Myself, brother and sister, all different fathers. Lived with uncle and his wife, she divorced him because she couldn't have kids and hated having me around to remind her. He remarried, and they've been for 8 years now.

[Lbelle]

My parents divorced when I was 3, and both remarried when I was really young too, around 5 or 6ish I think. Both have more kids with their new SOs. I lived with my mom, but I'm pretty close to both my stepparents as well now. I was too little to really realize what was happening, so I've just been used to having two families my whole life.

Kind of sucks on Christmas/Thxgiving though because you have to decide who to visit...

[Beckwin]

Mom and Dad have been married for 25 years. I've got a brother one year my junior and we get along great.

In my extended family... all of my cousins come from "broken" families/homes. My older cousin is a bastard and the rest of my cousins have seen their parents get divorced (in some cases, several times).

[Johnblaze]

Parents separated when I was young.. Eventually lead to their divorce.

[Bipolargod]

dad died when i was 3 or something, just mom raising me, she did fine^^

[Cadsuane]

Bastard, parents were common law until they split up when I was 13. I have an older half brother by my mother, a full sister, and a younger half sister by my father.

[Yuri-G]

Wow, 50/50

quite fascinating, actually... not the result I would have expected, although the poll isn't closed yet.

[Khamsin]

As for expectations, I think people have bleaker expectations of society than is the case, for some reason. It always seems worse than it is. There're false senses of insecurity in addition to false senses of security.

As for me, I fit in neither option. Mother and father are married, but kids (my brother and I) aren't. So technically, it's not option 1, which requires the kids to be married, too.

[Chezo]

Was not expecting this poll to be so close, almost everyone I know has divorced parents

[Obiron]

Mom had 5 boys from her first marriage, divorced, married my dad and had 2 boys (that's right, 7 boys no girls), they divorced when I was about 12 (I forget the exact year). Mom is remarried as of about a year ago.

Dad also had a prior marriage before my mom, hasn't remarried yet and don't think he has any intentions of finding someone else.

Get along great with both parents and all my brothers. I'm very close with all of my mom's side of the family, but I only see people on my dad's side every few years, so they feel more like distant relatives. In fact, my dad had 3 kids in his first marriage, but I only refer to my 6 brothers that share the same mom because I rarely ever see the other 3 (2 boys and a girl).

[pohibaba]

The divorce rate in America for a first marriage is "only" 41%, so it really shouldn't be that surprising. Plus, I bet the majority of this board comes from a middle class or better upbringing which would lower the divorce rate even more.

[Mici]

Parents divorced when I was about 1, mom re-married and divorced, then re-married for 10 years now. I have 2 half sisters, 3 half brothers, and a step sister.
I have been married for 7 years, no kids though, they are not even being considered.
Out of 10 friends only 3 have parents that are still together, 2 of the 3 have been divorced them selves.

[Pun]

Parents divorced last year after 23 years

[Faris]

my dad has two wives LOL

thats whats up.

we turned up great, good relationship between the families. wasnt so great before, but after my dad was diagnosed with cancer, the wives let bygones be bygones (us kids always got along, even before his diagnosis).

we're all together 11 kids. most are married, with kids.


also, most of the people i know who come from a broken family; are emotionally distressed (not all, most).

[Jodwahh]

Dad left on my third birthday to go shag his bit on the side, never came back. Attempted to make efforts to see him over the years, usually after a few hours travelling to see him while at my grandparents he would flake out to do something else and just leave me hanging. Wound up depressed with what I'm guessing where abandonment issues and on meds. Decided to stop taking meds and arranged to drive down to his house to stay for a weekend in an attempt to get the bottom of my issues. Was there for about an hour before I realised that the problem hadn't been me, it was just he's a colossal douche. Clean break after that, no more anti-depressents and I've been doing fine. I'm english if that effects the study your doing if this is just for american families.