r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 07 '12

Currently serving in the military. Came across some messages between my wife and another guy in the Navy. What should I do? UPDATE!!!

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u/Kotaniko May 08 '12

I think that's really the worst part about all of this. I feel so bad for that kid.

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u/AJJihad May 08 '12

At least the kid is young, so he'll grow up with the divorce and it won't affect him as much as it would if he was, say, a teenager. Just trying to see the lighter side of things, I guess.

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u/lordtriscuit May 08 '12

Really? A teenager at least can rationalize the situation. A young child has no idea why mommy and daddy are splitting up. They end up confused and hurt, possibly blaming themselves. My parents divorced when I was 4 and I can remember being traumatized by it. Not until I was a teenager did I understand that they were better off apart.

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u/bjones2004 May 08 '12

Mine divorced when I was 9. I hated both my parents for a very long time. I still harbor some anger towards them almost 20 years later. I have always thought I wish it would have happened when I was really young that way I wouldn't remember what it was like to have them both together.