My father, on the other hand, comes from a complicated line of divorce and stepfamilies.
You are putting another kid in the line of divorce.
By the time Barbara gives Stan a gift, saying, "Happy divorce," and Stan says world-wearily, "Oh, Barbara, divorce was gift enough," it's clear that the lines of an amusing divorce have been obscured by far too much attention to the sincere needs of the children.
Then in the "go-go" 1980's, with real estate and stock prices booming, Hallmark tried again, this time with a line of humorous divorce cards, but consumers found them too light for such a serious issue.
As we staggered across the finish line of our divorce, we'd learned how to confront adversity together.
Chances are at some point in your life you've had a friend or relative on the front lines of a brutal divorce.
Nick, the actor, comes from a long line of multiple divorces and reconstituted families.
I was motivated not just by trend lines but, as a child of divorce, by ghosts.
My cousins and aunts and I rolled our eyes at the joke (which was something along the lines of boohoo, cat-ladies divorced everywhere have it so hard with incoming alimony, child support etc).
For couples who will eventually divorce, the divorce risk function increases monotonically as the marriage continues, and the slope of each line (i.e., the rate of divorce) also increases gradually for different marriage cohorts.
