Psychology Today | 03.06.2026 19:26
One day, in the early weeks after starting my master’s program, I had a friend whose parents were going through a divorce. We were both in our early twenties, still children in many ways. I remember thinking it was so bizarre that she was so upset about her parents divorcing. I remember hearing her on the phone with both of them — this was before FaceTime was really a thing, so they must have been three-way calling — and she was crying while they both comforted her.
