http://qz.com/530123/its-time-we-stop-pitying-children-of-divorce/?utm_s...

I especially liked this

“Divorce is a one-time event. Divorce is a noun. We should not think of ‘divorced’ as an adjective to describe families and/or children for their entire lives.”

and this

"Ask a psychotherapist how many patients from intact families had happy childhoods. Marriage is no protection against dysfunction."

Last night SO and I were zoning out on our tablets. He was lamenting about Skid report cards and bitching about BM.

Me: You know it will never end with BM right?
SO: What do you mean
Me: Think about it. They turn 18 then what happens....HS Graduation, Weddings, Gkids, Gkids B Days, Holiday's with GKids.
SO: >crickets<

The look on his face was so sad. I felt bad for saying it.

SO bought SD another cell phone about a month ago. (She lost the first one last year)

It has been nothing but drama since then.

I got upset because they were calling 4-5-6x's a night and texting that's not counting the times they were calling in the morning before school and after school before I picked SO up from work. Ridiculous. When I mentioned it to SO, he got mad and said he'll talk to his kids as much as he wants.

I was in 8th grade when I first started working. I worked in my Aunts pet store, cleaning cages and helping customers.

Before that, I would hustle around the neighborhood washing cars and mowing lawns.

The High School I attended had a program for lower income students. We worked in the middle and elementary school washing trays, silverware and tables. I babysat and worked after school for a local company putting together promotional binders.