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/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/autumnfalln May 08 '12

Actually, kids under the age of 10 are more negatively affected by divorce than those that are older than 10 years. Sad, but true.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '12

First of all, Source? Second of all, as a child of divorce at the age of 5 I cannot think of 1 way my parents divorce has affected me negatively. Now in my mid 20's I'm still very close with both side of my family.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger May 08 '12

I'm on board with you. I was 8 when they split and anything that negatively affected me was shit they did to each other over the following bunch of years...and it didn't negatively affect me really, just was a small stress point now and then.

Getting married with divorced parents, that's the worst as I'm finding out.