Comments on: Monumental http://www.megolomaniac.com/2008/01/24/monumental/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Blythe http://www.megolomaniac.com/2008/01/24/monumental/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Blythe Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:25:55 +0000 http://megolomaniac.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/monumental/#comment-23 My parents' divorce story (TLC should really get on that, now that they've overplayed A Baby Story and A Wedding Story) is similar to yours. Split when I was 11, probably the best for all concerned, went on to have successful relationships with other, better-suited partners, can be in the same room together and while it's kind of awkward, it's OK. I only wish my dad still had enough hair to impersonate Keith Richards. I have to admit, though, that it haunted me a bit when I started thinking about getting married, and what I wanted for myself. Divorce seems a lot more real to me than it does to many of my friends whose parents are still together, and the prospect of it scares me more than it scares them. Getting married was joyful but it was also a bit terrifying for me. Maybe my parents' divorce made me more careful about who I chose to marry, and more careful about my relationship, and I guess that's not a bad thing. Thank you for this moment of talk (blog?) therapy. My parents’ divorce story (TLC should really get on that, now that they’ve overplayed A Baby Story and A Wedding Story) is similar to yours. Split when I was 11, probably the best for all concerned, went on to have successful relationships with other, better-suited partners, can be in the same room together and while it’s kind of awkward, it’s OK. I only wish my dad still had enough hair to impersonate Keith Richards.

I have to admit, though, that it haunted me a bit when I started thinking about getting married, and what I wanted for myself. Divorce seems a lot more real to me than it does to many of my friends whose parents are still together, and the prospect of it scares me more than it scares them. Getting married was joyful but it was also a bit terrifying for me.

Maybe my parents’ divorce made me more careful about who I chose to marry, and more careful about my relationship, and I guess that’s not a bad thing.

Thank you for this moment of talk (blog?) therapy.

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