Even when I was a kid, I always find joy in discovering new things -- be it solving math problems using shortcut methods on my own, techniques on how to use unfamiliar words in a sentence without checking the dictionary, or just the simple discoveries of a child, but finding out that one or both of your parents are having affairs with other people might be an unpleasant discovery for me. It made me question my relationship with them, it even made me feel less connected with them. I was caught off guard as I had no idea where to stand. It was so tempting for me to try to find another evidences to prove they're cheating on each other, but someone reminded me that it's not my place to do so. It's not my marriage, and while I may feel betrayed by unfaithful parents, I'm just their child. My respect to them may be damaged, but I need to take into account what kind of parents they have been over the years.
The affair certainly doesn’t need to be swept under the rug, but at some point, I need to move forward and repair my relationship with them because it's so hard to be in the middle.
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