Re: Second Marriages…
^^GlobalGal,
“Plus, I had already come to terms with being the Jewish mother of a half Catholic kid
**going to an Episcopalian school in a small town in Florida. **It’s easier to explain if you
can just say that your husband is Catholic. But now, I was also a divorcee. Try explaining
all of that to some of the other mothers. Or not.”
I think that explains a lot.. I think in a “regular” school rather than a more religious or socially conservative one there probably wouldn’t have been much issue.. I know here in the UK it’s so common people don’t really bat an eyelid.. Literally every other white person I know has parents who are divorced and it was like that 10/15 years ago when I went to school as well.. If the UK divorce rate is 40% or whatever around that it doesn’t make much sense for there to be a lot of stigma around it..
This reminds me of a desi friend whose mum and dad no longer live together.. Dad lives with one son in an apartment whilst the other son lives with his mum in their family home.. When the mother has guests they pretend they’re all still together and one big happy family even though the parents hate each other’s guts 
