When I was ten years old my parents were going through a divorce . My mom didn ' t have a job and my dad worked long hours and was traveling . One of the big nagging situations in my parents relationship was how my mom could not stick to a budget and just spent money frivolously . Fast forward to one of the last business trips my dad was on . My mom took me and my brother out to Wendy ' s and told us not to tell my dad that she took us there . When my dad came home my brother mentioned it to my dad and my father made some condescending remark to my mom about spending too much money . My motherbeing the lovely piece of work that she istook this and made it explode into an argument . Anyways , my parents divorced maybe 34 months later . My brother was very young and confused and when my mom sat us downaloneto tell us about the divorce he asked why . My mom responded , Well it ' s because you told your dad that we went to Wendy ' s and spent his money . My brother is still in therapy about this .