How your parents divorcing when you're an adult blights your life: Lisa-Jane was 47 when her mum and dad split. Now she reveals the bitter truth - and the catastrophic 'lonely' consequence for her ageing parents

Daily Mail​

a day ago

When my father announced he wanted a divorce, I was shocked and dismayed. Like anyone in this sad situation, it felt like the foundations of my family were about to be ripped apart.
Only I was no child when this happened; I was 47, with a successful career in the property sector, and had left home years earlier. My parents, meanwhile, were 78 and 80 – old enough to know their own minds and, of course, perfectly entitled to spend their twilight years however they chose.