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What divorce did to me By: Cole Rapp

May 16, 2023
By Anonymous

I was 11 years old when I was sleeping and my parents were fighting it's hard to remember but I kept thinking to myself that it was all my fault the 1 month later they got a divorce and my mom moved out to randolph it was quiet nothing to do and it was the summer 1 year later I got back into sports every single time I had a game only one of them couldn't  go because they don't want to be next to each other.


 but they worry about them self then the kid they will always argue and say I can't be there because this or that but that only happens in the first year of the divorce but I was like before this happen was it will be done for me I won't have to do it now when that happen im now thinking like I don't need your help I can do this don't care what people think. 


Then you will look back and see how happy your family was, no problems but I can all go wrong in one night. Then the kid will be depressed, nobody to talk to, losing friends because of it, then losing the connections between your parents because you don't get to see them. But as time goes on you learn to do things yourself and not need any help. 


Then the 2nd year will come and you have to go back and forth every week to your parents and you will think oh my gosh you get two christmases yes all the time some of your parents will do  christmas and switch of every year then the holidays but they will just make you go to your dads and moms for the holidays will keep being as fun with both of your parents. 


Then the holidays will be less fun and my attitude will change. what I did was every time I came home my attitude changes form being at school then at home it was like putting a mask on come to school change your mood from home live your life like nothing happening on the outside but at the same time every thing could be going wrong but nobody will know if you are feeling bad because you see the mask of happiness and the inside of sadness.  


What this event did to me was every time I had to do something I was like it will be done soon but when this event occurred I was like do this right away don't stop keep going and it will just channel into your head and it will be with me for the rest of my life. Ever since my parents had a divorce I have been focusing on myself. Soon or later you will start to learn that it will just be a day to day thing and there is nothing you can do about it but sit back and let life keep going and playing out. 


The author's comments:

every kid that went though this will know  


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