đź’” What is means to have grown up with parents separating or divorcing
When your parents split, your world didn't just break—it shattered into two irreconcilable realities.
After your parents divorced, your family broke into pieces, and you had to figure out how to exist in two separate worlds. You felt caught in the middle of adult conflicts, caring for everyone else's feelings while your own got lost in the shuffle. You learned to pack your entire life into a suitcase, shuttling between houses that never quite felt like home.
You became a shapeshifter, learning to read each parent's emotional climate and adjusting your behavior based on which parent you were with—developing different versions of yourself for different households. Love became something that could disappear overnight, and family became a concept that could be legally dismantled.