Kids are way more adaptable than people give them credit for. If you and your ex act acrimonious and bitter, that’s what they’ll pick up. If you both move forward happily, but separately, they’ll pick up on the happy, forward-moving part.

They could kill two birds with one stone have have George RR Martin do the punching.

Counterpoint:

When people talk about “baggage,” I’m pretty sure I was far more damaged watching my parents show no affection or respect for one another than I was by their divorce. I literally don’t remember ever seeing them touch.

She has very, very expressive eyes and knows how to work the camera. Whatever else you think of her or the stuff she’s in, I think she’s pretty compelling to watch because of that.

Thank you for saying this. As someone who has spent some time contemplating ending a relationship and worrying endlessly about what that would do to the kids, I appreciate hearing from people who say it was better to have them apart than together.

One of mine died and the other was, like, “Nah, I’m done, thanks.” and didn’t have another relationship, date, or even try to have sex with another person, until they died.

Like you, I’m commenting on Jezebel.

Ha, mine too. But only one of them died and the other one has been through 16 breakups at last count. With. The. Same. Person. And the most recent news is they went on a date. It’s Groundhog Day, and I guess what I’m saying is one way or another, parental drama’s gonna get you.

i like it, sort of a variant of hbo go.

Wouldn’t be easier to just pay HBO to send someone over to punch you in the gut repeatedly for 42 minutes?

My parents fucking hated each other. As displeased as I was to have my life completely disrupted, even at 8 years old I knew they were better off apart.

My parents stayed together in love until the day they each died.