I Lost a Family, Not Just a Spouse

Keeping or Losing Family Ties in a Divorce

Photo by Zoriana Stakhniv on Unsplash

I’ve heard the age-old saying that you don’t just marry a person, you marry into a family. This is especially true in cultures with a more collectivistic upbringing. You grow up closely around your cousins, aunts, uncles, and this extends all the way up to the grandparents’ generation.