Expect that we may feel a little shell shocked by your news. Even if your relationship wasn’t perfect, the two of you being together is all we have ever known. You may think because we’re older and out on our own, it will hurt less.
Logically we know divorce happens, but when it’s your own parents, it feels different.įor these reasons, we’d like to tip you off about a few things that really matter to us. Truth is whether we’re thirteen or thirty it’s still not easy to hear your parents are calling it quits. After all, we’re older now, and those days of hands-on parenting are long gone.Īs young adults, you may think we can handle more or rationalize your situation… maybe even put ourselves in your shoes. We realize how easy it might be to assume that your choice to divorce won’t really affect us.