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Do you think it's weird?
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About my parents. I have never seen them kiss or hug or cuddle or hold hands or anything like that. I just find it odd - because they are married I mean it's kinda mucking me up in the head to what norms are. When you get married do you stop all intamacy? Of course you don't - I couldn't bear it! It's weird. Why might they be like this?
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Then, last February (around the time of my mum's b'day) then both had a fortnight off work. Spending so much time together when they aren't used to it (Dad usually works long hours) wound them both up so much there was talk of getting divorced ( :eek: ) Then they went away for a long weekend at the end of their fortnight off, and since then, something's changed... Now Dad always kisses Mum goodbye even if he's just nipping to the shops or going out to water the plants, and they even changed the three piece suite so Dad hasn't got his own chair anymore so they have to sit together!
I think it's probably just a case of everyday things getting in the way of intimacy - especially when you've got kids, your relationship doesn't always take first priority. Then something happens to wake you up to the situation and you have to do something about it... Turns out the thing that was worrying my parents was that when me and my sis move out, they are going to have nothing in common and will end up splitting up, so now they make a special effort to do something together every weekend, even if it's just going out for a drive to a far away garden centre, or something!
Then they got a divorce.
I think they'll split up/divorce/whatever when me and my brother have our own lives after uni and everything. My mum always makes 'subtle' hints to me about how she'd have left long ago if it weren't for the fact she couldn't afford to look after me and my brother without my dad's income.
But then, if they did, i wouldnt be able to keep my dinner down. Dont like seeing all the mushy stuff when it comes to my family!