Missed a "mug night" for a long phone call from home, regarding current state of living at home with a crazy/explosive mother in denial and a now-aimless teen and an unhealthy dad out of the country and then my older bro. Lots of discussion of what ifs that had sort of plunked around my mind a long while back, but had never surfaced, certainly not with another sibling underneath the same parents. What if they had gotten divorced the moment they realized they were incompatible? What if they are going to divorce after the teen goes off to college? What if my dad finally admitted he wouldn't mind separating--oh wait, he did. And yet with 25 years of complaining and a yelling/nagging streak that has not quit -for a moment- for at least 5, my mom would probably be mad at him about it. Not that she would realize what was happening until she started receiving alimony checks in the mail (at least she is good at bookkeeping) while my dad, as a result of these checks, had to un-retire and work probably ten years after he dies.