A friend told me a story that really resonated with me. He knew a woman, about 30 years old, very successful, owned her own home, worked at a good job, enjoyed good friends and was planning her wedding. But she wasn’t happy. To the contrary, she dreaded the day and had decided it was better just to sneak off and elope and skip a wedding. Why?
When she graduated from college, her divorced parents got in a big fight in front of all her
friends, when they weren’t being silently hostile to each other, and ruined her graduation celebration. It wasn’t the first time, but it might have been the last time. She vowed that it would never happen again.
Even years later, that horrible experience still upset her. This grown woman did not want to
give her parents yet another chance to ruin one of the happiest days of her life.
Most parents I know would be mortified to discover that a child chose that course of action.
Imagine coming across happy wedding photos on Facebook or Instagram and you are not in them because you were not invited!
So, PC is an opportunity to learn how to co-parent more effectively so, on a child’s wedding day, you show your child that you love that person more than you hate the other parent.
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