Personal Narrative Divorce

Divorce Speaking from a personal experience, divorce has a bigger effect on the kids. When my parents got divorced it shattered my childhood. Not only did it shatter my child hood it had an effect on the rest of my life. The way I grew up compared to how kids whose parents were still together grew up was completely different. Now that I am older and I understand more, I kind of resent my parents for getting divorced, but I hate my dad for what he has done. Especially for ruining my outlook on love. As I began to get older I noticed that I was not like the kids whose parents were still together. In some ways I was better and in some ways I worse. No matter what age the child is divorce always has some sort of effect on the child. I have been …show more content…
That is when I started to realize my mom and dad were falling apart. I wanted to tell my mom but my dad threatened to kill my dog if I said anything. When I finally got enough nerve to tell my mom she was battling cancer and I knew that she needed my dad for support. So I kept my mouth shut longer. When she started to recover I told her. And her reply was “I know.” So all this time my mom knew my dad was a lying scumbag, but she stayed because she loved him. Not only did he cheat but he mentally and physically abused her. Which explains why I stayed with my grandparents most of the time. It was not until Christmas like eight years ago that I saw my dad push my mom down and hit her. As my mom ran to the bedroom and locked the door I thought it would stop. It didn’t. My dad kicked the door down and started beating on my mom again. That was only one time out of many that he hurt her. He said “It does not count as abuse if I hit her with an open hand.” What a douche bag. No woman deserves to be hit, no matter what they do. Now that I am older I am very over protective of my mom. If any man hits her again, his last ride will be in a coroner van. If I knew then what I know now, my dad probably would not be here. He was very mean and controlling of my mom. A woman deserves to be loved in every way, shape, and form. Not treated like a …show more content…
They are all bubbly and happy to be in relationship and to talk about marriage while I sit and think about everything that can go wrong and leave Gregg about two times a month. Divorce has a huge effect on the kids. Not all kids will be affected like I was but they will be affected in some way I can guarantee that. I understand that all marriages will not work, but try to make the divorce smooth. They more you get along the easier it will be on the kids. A rough divorce will have your kids ending up like