Would you rather raise your kids on your own, or be in an unhappy marriage?

East Coast Drive asks: Be a single parent or be in unhappy marriage?

After debating it with her mother over the weekend, Mags asked a serious question of KZN: Is it better to be a single parent with kids, or to be in a marriage in which you are not entirely happy?

deep in thought / pexels
deep in thought / pexels

Listen to the discussion, or read the details under the podcast.

Mags' son asked her a question she felt was so deep, she couldn't share with KZN. 

You don't have to live under a rock to realize life isn't a fairy tale and the white picket fence with the two kids isn't what we're dealt.

The alternative is reality, and we must decide what to do with the lemons life throws at us. 

Read: Bongani's Top Five reasons moms make better parents than dads

This is what our friends on Facebook had to say:

Our friends on Twitter took our poll, and here were the results:

Twitter poll
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How do you navigate life when your significant other doesn't make you as happy as you'd hoped, and you have children together? 

Do you then leave and be a single parent happily raising your kids, or do you stick around raising your children in an unhappy union?

Which of these two ways would you rather live? Share with us below:

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