I married young and knew within 6 months that it had been a monstrous mistake. I had been running away from a bad home life. I had one of those $50 divorces that I paid for and acted as my own attorney. After hearing my story, the judge wished me well and told me I had done better than many attorneys that appeared before him.
Three years later, I remarried and we celebrated 27 years last week. My mom asked me once if there were any similarities between #1 and #2 and the only thing I could come up with was the color of their hair! Have 2 terrific sons with #2 and one day the youngest asked me if he had a step-dad. Not sure what brought that up, but I told him no and asked if he wanted one. He said no, he liked his own dad just fine. I told him that was good because I was keeping this one.