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Lesson 6 How It Feels When Parents Divorce Text A Ari, age fourteen When my parents were married, I hardly ever saw my Dad becausc he was always busy working. Now that theyre divorced , Ive gotten to know him more because Im with him everu weckend. And I really look forward to the weekends because its kind of like a break-its like going to Disncyland because thcres no set schedule, no Be home by five-thirty kind of stuff. Its open. Its free. And my father is always buying me presents. My Mom got remarried and divorced again, so Ive gone through two divorces so far. And my fathers also gotten remarricd-to someone I dont get along with all that well. Its all rnade me fcel that people shouldnt get married-they should just livc together and make their own agreement. Then, if things get bad , they dont have to get divorced and hire lawyers and sue each other. And. even more important, they dont have to end up hating each other. Id say that the worst part of the divorce is the money problem. Its been hard on mv Mom because lots of times she cant pay her bills, and it makes her angry when I stay with my fatherand he buys me things. She gets mad and says things like If he can buy you things like this , then he should be able to pay me. And I feel caught in the middle for two reasons; first, I cant really enjoy whatever my Dad does get for me, and second, I dont know who to believe. My Dads saying, I dont really owe her any money, and my Moms saying he does. Sometimes I fight for my Mom and sometimes I fight for my Dad, but I wish theyd leave me out of it completely. In a lot of ways I wish my Mom would get remarried, because then she wouldnt have to worry so much about finances. But Im sorry that my Dad got remarried, because I feel left out a lot of times. And one thing I really worry about is that I think they want to have a baby, and I know that if they do, it will be just like a