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How long were you with your spouse/SO before seperating/divorcing?

Poll Results: How long did your relationship last before you became a single parent?

 
  • 2% (1)
    Under 6 months
  • 2% (1)
    6-12 months
  • 0% (0)
    1-2 years
  • 0% (0)
    3-4 years
  • 11% (4)
    4-5 years
  • 2% (1)
    5-6 years
  • 13% (5)
    7-8 years
  • 19% (7)
    9-10 years
  • 22% (8)
    11-15 years
  • 16% (6)
    16-20 years
  • 8% (3)
    21-25 years
  • 0% (0)
    26-30 years
  • 0% (0)
    Over 31 years.
  • 0% (0)
    Other
36 Total Votes  
post #1 of 11
10/6/12 at 1:53am
Thread Starter 

I will put in the poll to allow multiple answers incase of more than one baby mama/daddy.   

 

 

 

Ok whoops I forgot to check the multiple answers button. Sorry! Ok pick the most recent relationship resulting in kids that made you come and read in the single parents forum. winky.gif

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post #2 of 11
10/6/12 at 9:33am

Never married the fool!  best decision I ever made

post #3 of 11
10/6/12 at 2:49pm

18 years

post #4 of 11
10/7/12 at 12:26am
Thread Starter 

Thats why I didn't say "married".  orngtongue.gif

post #5 of 11
10/7/12 at 4:44am
Wow, most of us were in long 10 year + relationships. For me every year it got harder to consider leaving. But some things happened that I could not stay and still respect myself as a person.
post #6 of 11
10/8/12 at 6:58pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Thystle View Post

Thats why I didn't say "married".  orngtongue.gif

I wouldn't call it a relationship either.  whistling.gif  It was a very temp. lack in judgement.

post #7 of 11
10/10/12 at 2:01pm

22 years:(

post #8 of 11
10/11/12 at 5:58pm

4 years, long enough to have 2 kids.  I've been a single mom now for 9 years - over twice as long as I was ever married in the first place.

post #9 of 11
10/11/12 at 9:23pm

18 years.  Newly separated now.
 

post #10 of 11
10/12/12 at 11:15am

16 years.  2 years separated (we were not married, so just voided the powers of attorney, etc.).  And he regularly reminds me, by being such an a$$, why leaving him was the best decision I ever made for me and the kids.

post #11 of 11
10/13/12 at 11:42am

Wow. I stayed far, far too long also. I know the longer I stayed, the worse it got, but it also got that much harder to get out of it. I can't even imagine how it might have been after 22 years. Good for you for knowing you still had a chance. hug.gif

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