When I heard the statistics about the number of divorced couples in this country, I automatically said “yep that’s right.”  I agreed with the percentage because I know of many kids at my school, especially friends that have parents that are divorced.  My one friend is with his mom the majority of the time, and only sees his father on every other weekend.  My other friend stays at his dad’s house the majority of the time and only goes to his mom’s on the weekend.  Because of this, it was easy to relate with one another and create lasting friendships.  In this aspect, I am a little happy that my parents are divorced, or else I would have never met the great friends I have today.