Divorce Victim...or Beneficiary?

As can probably be inferred by the title of this post, I am the child of parents who are divorced (as of 1997). At a glance, this would seem an instant negative. But I've been thinking about it recently. There really are both pros and cons to having parents that are separated (granted many of the positives are selfish). Here are some examples of these pros and cons.

Pros

Having divorced parents allows for me to experience two very different walks of life. At my dad's house, I live in a higher-middle-class-income neighborhood where there are alot of personable people. Dad can provide for alot more furnishings and luxuries for me and my sister than my mom can, which allows me to have some fun. At my mom's I live way out in the boonies in a double wide where there are little or no people and consequently no one to talk to. My mom and step-dad make substantially less money than my dad so they must be more frugal but they try to allow me and my sisters to do as many school activities as possible (money is hard to come by at my mom's house). Some may think this is a negative but it helps me to be humble and thankful for what I have as there are surely people that have it much worse off than me.

Separated parents allows for double the family and double the presents come Christmas time! :P

Cons

I have to travel back and forth from my parents' houses virtually every Friday and Sunday. I live with my mom during the week and with my dad on the weekends when school is in session, and with my dad during the week and my mom on the weekends when summer rolls around (as of the past two years, however, I've been working during the summer so I haven't been able to see my dad much at all).

My parents divorcing has opened the door for them both to find new life (and I use that word lightly) partners. My mom found my step-dad who I have no problem with except that he tends to drink a bit too much for my liking (I don't like alcohol to begin with though, so maybe I am biased). My dad, however, found my step-mom. Since I was five years old, this woman has wreaked havoc on my life. She abused me physically behind and "in front" of my father's back when I was younger, always treated me worse than my sister and her daughters, and basically made my life at my dad's house a living Hell. She has moved out and things have gotten way better in my opinion, though I don't know how my dad takes it. My dad has told me that she plans on moving back in. If she does, I plan on no longer coming to my dad's house.

Now that I finish typing this, I notice that this whole post sort of seems like a babble, and I didn't mean to do that. So I'll just end it here.

Dakota