Parents of Reddit; who was the worst girlfriend or boyfriend your kid brought home? What is the story?

Yeah, for me it helped that my parents only bickered (nothing physical or traumatic for me) and didn't use me as a weapon against the other.

Also my mom is cordial around my stepmother that my dad cheated with - they are all decent enough to not fight at my events like graduations and weddings.

I see friends my ages having kids and having the same problems my parents had and I wish it was socially acceptable enough to tell them to split up already.

No you won't see your kids 24/7, but raising people is about not being selfish in the first place and putting 'what you want' behind you. You will get a break from them (my mom said she liked having free weekends), and it's better for kids to learn from two somewhat functional parents instead of constantly miserable stressed out ones. I only saw my dad on weekends but the stability of that schedule (which he kept) was more important than seeing him 24/7. Actually, if I got exposed to his negativity 24/7 I'd have been worse off.

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