It hit me then that my parents have now been divorced for as long as they were married . As much as I tried to stop the tears , I could n't . For the people we were then , for the person I was then , for the reality of my situation , for the pills I take every morning .

Question: Why does the speaker feel that their parent 's divorce has changed them as a person ?
Answer: Since the divorce the parents can no longer afford to pay their bills and they had to quit schoolThe divorce caused the speaker to have to move to a new state and leave their friends behindNone of the above choices .The death of a marriage is something that has lasting repercussions and ripples out to all parties