⚖️ What it means to have grown up with child custody battles between parents
Growing up with custody battles meant your family broke into pieces, and you had to figure out how to exist in two separate worlds—feeling caught in the middle of adult conflicts while caring for everyone's feelings and your own got lost in the shuffle.
When your parents split, your world didn't just break—it shattered into two irreconcilable realities. You may have become skilled at reading the room and adjusting your behavior based on which parent you were with, learning different versions of yourself for different homes. In your household, love may have come with screaming matches, tearful apologies, slammed doors, and passionate makeups—that emotional rollercoaster became your normal.
This experience taught you to keep one foot out the door in relationships—because "forever" always ends. You may brace for the "turn," that moment when love flips from "forever" to "go to hell," and in your heart, you question whether lasting love is actually possible or if all relationships are ultimately temporary.