How he would like to believe it was all about love for a child means, I think, that a lot of decisions parents make when they're getting divorced revolve around their children. A lot of couples stay together just for their kids, but also a lot of times they separate because they think that's what's best for their children.
I'm relating to this from experience -- how it's easy to be ignored, especially when you're younger and your feelings are not exactly taken that seriously. The parents are all like, "We're doing this for you, we both love you so much and we just want you to always be happy," that it makes the kid feel guilty, and then confused when the parents kind of ignore the kid because they're dealing with their own divorce issues, legal and emotional.
"Working the floor" is totally what happens during divorces, especially at the very beginning. Two Christmases, two birthday cakes, and the ability to keep a lot of things private because there aren't as many people involved in your life as consistently.
You're left to your own devices and encounter a lot of things that are above your maturity level, and looking back, even though it was nice to get away with shit, what you dealt with at such a young age seems really unfair and almost inappropriate. And in the end, people say it's for the best because they made certain decisions, like moving out, or custody rules, or paying for everything 50/50, because they want to be happy but most of all they want you to be happy because they love you. It would be nice to think that, that it all revolved around you because they both loved you so much, but in the end you realize that although they wanted you to be happy, a lot of the decisions were made for themselves and they unfairly affected you.
How he would like to believe it was all about love for a child means, I think, that a lot of decisions parents make when they're getting divorced revolve around their children. A lot of couples stay together just for their kids, but also a lot of times they separate because they think that's what's best for their children. I'm relating to this from experience -- how it's easy to be ignored, especially when you're younger and your feelings are not exactly taken that seriously. The parents are all like, "We're doing this for you, we both love you so much and we just want you to always be happy," that it makes the kid feel guilty, and then confused when the parents kind of ignore the kid because they're dealing with their own divorce issues, legal and emotional. "Working the floor" is totally what happens during divorces, especially at the very beginning. Two Christmases, two birthday cakes, and the ability to keep a lot of things private because there aren't as many people involved in your life as consistently. You're left to your own devices and encounter a lot of things that are above your maturity level, and looking back, even though it was nice to get away with shit, what you dealt with at such a young age seems really unfair and almost inappropriate. And in the end, people say it's for the best because they made certain decisions, like moving out, or custody rules, or paying for everything 50/50, because they want to be happy but most of all they want you to be happy because they love you. It would be nice to think that, that it all revolved around you because they both loved you so much, but in the end you realize that although they wanted you to be happy, a lot of the decisions were made for themselves and they unfairly affected you.