I'm twenty-seven years old. I wasn't under any illusion that my parent's were perfect... but I thought that they loved each other to make it work. I have plenty of friends who have had to deal with their parents getting a divorce, but always at a much younger age. The last few months my parents have decided that they no longer want to be together. When I talk about it with my friends who have parents who are not together, they are already so accustomed to it, that it is just the way life is. I feel like I am taking it harder than I should. I am adult enough to understand that things don't always work themselves out. But at the same time, this is hitting me way harder than I thought anything could. I have so many traditions in my family... and I am so pained to think that this year the holidays are going to be so different than they have been for my entire life. I just wanted to see if there was anyone else who can relate to having their parent's separate at such a late age. Any advice as to how to handle this would be amazing. Thanks!
While I am younger than you, I am going through much the same thing. I don't know what your relationship with your parents is (mine is good with my mom, practically non-existent with my dad) so it isn't all that hard for me to deal with. My advice would be to talk about how they want to handle the holidays and go from there.