Just reading a news article about the new babies born today and of all the parents listed it appears that none are married. (All referred to as partners and all have different surnames.)
It got me thinking - in my DD1’s class at school I can only think of 5 sets of parents who are long term married (i.e. before the DC who are now 11 were born) and who are still together with no step-parents or siblings. That’s out of a class of 26. There are some I don’t know but I know most of them because the kids have been together since P1 (now P7).
I know less of DT’s year group because their classes have been mixed up more and they’re only in P4 but I do know a lot of parents who aren’t married, and a couple who have got married more recently.
In your experience - what’s the norm? If you were married before having DC and still married to the same person with no DC from previous relationships/marriages - are you unusual?