The usual problem for kids of divorced parents is their mom or dad's new partner, right? The evil step-mom, that mean old lady who stole your dad from your mom and broke up your family. That's what I heard a lot of the other kids complaining about. They'd say things like, “My dad's new girlfriend is such a b***h!” or “I wish he never met her!”
I guess you could say that I was one of the lucky ones. My parents divorced when I was pretty young and I didn't have any fond memories of them together. They'd argued a lot. All I really remembered when I thought of the time that the three of us lived together was yelling and the sound of slamming doors. Even when I was about five years old, I wondered why two people who seemed to dislike each other so very much lived together. When they'd sat me d
