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Divorce : The Ending Of A Marriage Essay

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“Divorce 1. The ending of a marriage by a legal, 2. A complete separation between two things” (merrriam-websters.com). Divorce is not a pleasing word to hear or to be heard relating to your marriage. Unfortunately, my father, Michael Asuncion, had divorced my mother six years ago when I was just twelve years old. To tell you the truth, this is something that I didn’t understand until I got older. But this is not about me. This is about my father and how the divorce with my mom affected him, my brothers, and his future. My father was forty-nine years old six years ago. At this time in his life he is still raising his three children, my brothers and I, subtly and very well. But life decided to take a turn. My parents got a divorce due to an affair through my mother. My father the divorce wasn’t entirely my mothers’ fault though. He came out saying that one of the big issues was their lack of communication. Before years prior to the divorce, he would sometimes go to a coffee shop with some of his friends and hangout there after work for about an hour. He says that did some damage to the relationship and their connection but he can’t blame it all on him either. My mother was at least going to the bar three times a week he says. Thinking back on it, going to the bar three times a week is a bit of a problem. She was never around with me, my brothers, and my father. She was showing an act of selfishness by being at the bar, spending time with her friends, treating them better

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