One day at a time 2

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So in my family, no divorces until the 1980s.

Mom's side: 5 divorces, all my generation. One cousin is divorced twice and on wife #3.

Dad's side:

Divorce #1: My Uncle's wife had a MLC and kicked him out 2 weeks before their 25th wedding anniversary. They remained apart for about 15 years. Attended my wedding together in '94. Ended up living together the last decade of their lives. Go figure.

Divorce #2: my cousin's husband cheated on her - divorced at 11 months. annulled actually

Divorce #3: My cousin. This is interesting. He and wife #1 divorced. He much later married wife #2 ... and they also divorced in due course. And married wife #3 (Who is actually wife #1) ... and divorced her a second time. And married wife #4 (who again, is now wife #1 and 3) only to have that blow up some years later and they are now divorced. Yes. He married the same woman 3x. Turns out she had a problem with alcohol. Couldn't stay sober for the long haul. Really sad. If she maintained her sobriety, I'd bet $$$ they'd still be together


Divorce #4: Another cousin ... elder brother to the one who married the same woman 3x

Divorce #5: Another cousin, their sister ...

No idea what was going on there - three of the four kids got divorced. My uncle and aunt were very happily married for 50 years ending in his passing from cancer/stroke and complications due to chemo.

For context, I have 29 first cousins, all but two married.

I had 12 aunts and uncles ...