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I recently answered a question on Quora (a popular question and answer site):What is the brutal truth about life after marriage? More than 50,000 people found this answer helpful. Here is the answer:

The brutal truth of life after marriage is really about the brutal truth of life after kids.

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When parents get divorced, kids don’t count the days or hours in the custody schedule. Instead, they often worry about all of kinds of things most adults never even consider. For example:

Who will kiss my pet turtle goodnight when I am at Dad’s house?
How will Santa know where I am sleeping on Christmas?
Can I paint my new bedroom any color I want?

Once your children have their “logistical and technical” questions answered, what they really want, when their parents get divorced, is this:

Kids want to feel unconditional love from both parents.