My father was divorced from his first wife in the 1930's. Being Catholics, this was
extremely unusual, but in the '30's, people rarely got divorced in Montana no
matter what religion. Their four daughters, my half sisters, never got over it. I saw
what happened to their psyches. They felt torn apart for the rest of their lives, hated
my mother who raised them after the divorce, and will feel damaged to the their graves
because their parents did not stay together. Divorce is so common now, people don't
even question what it does to kids. I still think it comes back to being more careful
about who you marry in the first place. I wish I had been taught more about how to
be a better judge of character when I was younger.