Part 1: My Parents, Ellen and Tom

Forever is a Long Time

Ian Coss

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 797 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

My parents divorced when I was eight years old — young enough that I don’t have a lot of clear memories of it, but old enough that I was definitely watching, listening, and learning. So I asked them both to tell me what happened, and got two pretty different stories.

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0:00.0	My name is Ian Koss, and what you're listening to is a collection of songs and conversations
0:06.6	about every marriage in my family that ended in divorce, which is most of them.
0:14.4	Part one, my parents, Ellen and Tom.
0:20.6	So in, I guess, full disclosure, I'll tell you that I already talked to my dad on this subject.
0:29.5	Yeah.
0:30.7	Hello?
0:31.7	Hey there, it's me.
0:32.8	But the reason I tell you that I thought it was funny that, you know, when I broached the topic...
0:38.3	You're sort of doing something on divorce?
0:42.3	You two had totally opposite reactions.
0:46.3	Oh, I'm sure.
0:47.3	You know, this is really an awkward topic for me, Ian.
0:52.3	I'm sure. That doesn't surprise... Maybe it's not surprising to you, but
0:56.0	quite honestly.
0:58.0	You know, his response was...
1:00.0	You know, it's like I'm
1:02.0	60 years old and I really haven't figured this stuff out.
1:05.0	Really? You want to talk about what?
1:08.0	Yeah.
1:09.0	And your response was, all right, name the place and time.
1:13.3	Yeah.
1:14.1	Also, I think that, you know, don't forget,
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