Quote Originally Posted by tiger31 View Post
mark just for the record there are far more step families than normal families and the gap is getting wider all the time .Its the sign of the times ,me my brother and sister all divorced but parents stayed together .I believe its the pressures of living in the 21st centuary thats to blame ,people here in the west are more selfish and materialistic ,its not until you have all the nice things in life and then your family dissintergrates that you realise what was more important but then its too late .my advice to you is dust your self down get back up and march forward learning of past mistakes helps to map out your future in my opinion .I am more happier now than when I had a nice life ,new car ,plenty of spare cash in my pockets .without good health and a family around you life is pretty meaningless .
Thanks Brian..you are so right.............It doesn't help that divorce is so easy and so available to everyone here in UK now.......it's as if why bother with the cost marriage guidance counselling when we can pay out nearly the same for a divorce and get a guranteed result.

I realised back in 2005 that all the material wealth in the world wasn't going to make me happy..I did have it all then but, like you said '' its not until you have all the nice things in life and then your family dissintergrates that you realise what was more important but then its too late .'' That is exactly what happened back then..unfortunately I didn't learn from those past mistakes twice ...hell, I'm laughing now, I should be crying!...Lets hope for forth time lucky...whenever that will be ..........what i have learnt is......leave the kids alone and stick to somebody near my own age