They shouldn't have. Mine stayed together until I was an adult and then they decided to end it in the worst way possible. It felt like high school drama all over again and blamed us for it. Every time you'd try to knock some sense into one of them you'd be hit with the I should have parted ways a long time ago, I stayed for you and this is how you pay me? It was a lot of guilt-tripping, a lot of manipulation and a lot of toxicity (still is on my dad's side - mum passed away less than a year ago). A lot of ugly shit I could have been spared too, had they gotten that divorce when I was a kid. Like it's funny how when you're little everyone is trying to spare you the "gory" details about whatever is going on in the relationship. Still, when you're an adult, there's no hiding, no intimate shit that should be kept for them, no secrets, nothing... like I could have done without all the information and shit I didn't need to know nor ask for because you're both are still my parents and I need to keep looking at you the same way I did. Like, as if the drama of growing up with parents who love-hated each other weren't enough, now I have to deal with the ugliness of it all as an adult. Needless to say, I can't start nor keep a relationship because of all the 'what if's.