same here. although my parents lived so far apart that regular visits with the other parent were not possible, i actually felt that them being separated so far

same here. although my parents lived so far apart that regular visits with the other parent were not possible, i actually felt that them being separated so far was a good thing considering how the two of them just could not get along. the distance did not hurt my own relationship with my absent parent, nor have i ever felt guilty for their separation. neither parent felt the need to talk bad about the other. that said, living with a single parent did plenty of damage to us children, so in that sense we most certainly had a broken home. but the cure for that would probably have been for our parent to find a new partner (which they tried but didn't succeed in because any potential candidates were not interested in children), but most certainly not for my parents to get back together (and i know they tried. from first separation to final divorce it took more than half a decade, and that's probably the time where we kids suffered the most).