I, right now, unexpectedly, have both of my parents sitting on my living room couch.

[Iggo]

I'm 56 and I feel like I'm 12, and they're getting along like they haven't been divorced since I was 12.

It's very disconcerting.

[samnsara]

1. time to crack open the tequila

[Iggo]

3. Twenty-one years sober. I tell you, I don't know what to do.

Oh! You mean for them!

Excellent idea!

[elleng]

7. and applaud yourself!

[Iggo]

8. Oh, that.

Thank you!

[elleng]

10. Yes, Iggo, THAT!

[elleng]

2. Must be disconcerting!

Just SMILE!

[Iggo]

4. Grinning up a storm.

[handmade34]

5. very nice!!

they are growing up

[Iggo]

6. It is, kinda.

[NanceGreggs]

9. These parents nowadays ...

... you never know what craziness they'll get up to.

You try to raise them right ...

[Iggo]

12. Don't they know they're supposed to fight, you know, to validate my angst?

Weirdos.

[PoliticAverse]

11. Keep them away from the eggnog. n/t

[Iggo]

14. Too late. Mom found the gin and Dad's got the Maker's Mark.

But I've got them occupied watching videos of their nearly two year old grandkid. (I hate saying twenty-one month old.)

Dad lives with us and sees him every day. Mom has seen him maybe twice, and not since 2016. So it's all new to her.

They're getting along famously.

Tomorrow may be different, but tonight's a gift!

[PoliticAverse]

18. It's a Festivus miracle! n/t

[Iggo]

19. Without the airing of grievances, thank god!

[Phoenix61]

13. Amazing how the years can fall away

Enjoy your time with them.

[Iggo]

16. Truly amazing.

[Dennis Donovan]

15. I'm 52 and would kill for that experience...

Mom died when I was 34 and Dad died when I was 2 1/2.

[Iggo]

17. Yep, just realizing right now how lucky I am.

[Iggo]

20. Well, I should get back in there before I miss it.

Thanks for sitting with me for a few minutes, folks!

[MaryMagdaline]

21. I have a friend who took care of both of her elderly divorced parents

She was exhausted from traveling across town to see her dad and when he got frail she moved him into the upstairs room at her mom's house. He knew but the mom did not know her ex was living in the house. This was in Britain so there were pensions to allow both parents to live at home instead of nursing homes.

Anyway, seems that you raised your parents well. Happy holidays!!

[barbtries]

22. made me laugh.

if they hadn't been divorced since you were 12 just imagine how miserable it would be. my ex and i get along fine but it took years of divorce for that to happen.

[DUgosh]

23. Run

This won’t end well

[montana_hazeleyes]

25. Or start playing an accordion.

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. Perhaps you've shown them how to act civil to another.

[True Dough]

26. Be sure

to introduce all of us DU folk who post in this thread. It's only courteous to let them know we're all part of the conversation.

[bitterross]

27. Maybe you should just relax and enjoy them?

If you are 56 then they are certainly a bit older. Maybe you can enjoy being around them while they are still there. Both of my parents are gone and I wish I had the opportunity to talk to them as an adult.

I know that is really easy for me to propose since I'm not there. Frankly, I'd be breaking out in hives in the same situation.

[MFM008]

28. wish my dad was sitting on the couch

this is Christmas 17 without him.

[nolabear]

29. Ah, life. You have to laugh.

Merry Christmas, Iggo. 😄

[Skittles]

30. I am curious how parents end up unexpectedly on your couch

I don't know these things; I never lived in the same state as my parents after age 18.

[Iggo]

31. That they were both there is what was unexpected.

Dad lives with us, and has for the last thirty years, but Mom lives a hundred miles away, by herself, and she's happy to do so.

Thing is, she broke her foot last night and she can't be all alone in a house with a broken foot at her age.

We found out about it this morning, made the two hundred mile drive, and by the afternoon there were Mom and Dad together in the living room.

When I woke up this morning, I had a whole 'nother evening planned.

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Kudos to you!

And wishing your whole family a wonderful Christmas together again! I'd sure give just about anything to have that experience again, myself...

[Skittles]

36. awwwwwwwwwww

that IS unexpected

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones

[kairos12]

33. Movie Diehard on a loop always gets you through Christmas.

[Iggo]

34. I went with "Going In Style"...

...and some movie with Annette Benning, Meg Ryan, Candace Bergen, and that chick from Will and Grace.

A good time was had by both.

[LuckyCharms]

35. A very Merry Christmas to you and your folks.