During Diane Arbus's late teenage years, she found herself separated from her lavish childhood. Diane's parents were never invested in raising their children, they were mostly raised by maids and other staff around their house. The father, David Nemerov, was always busy with work in the department store and her mother, Gertrude, had a very busy social life. With Diane's parents barely around, Diane attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, a world class ivy preporatory school. At the age of 18, Diane married her childhood sweethart Allan Arbus. These two were very supportive of each other in their commercial photography business. In 1956, Diane left the business to start her own independent relationship with photography, Allan still supported her. But by the end of 1959, Diane and Allan separated. They still retained a close relationship with each other, they contined to share the same dark room for photography and worked with each other on a regualr basis. By 1969, the couple divorced and went on their separate ways. Diane throughout her life has experienced some very personal disconnections. From not having loving and caring parents growing up to divorcing her childhood sweethart, Diane definitely had troubles in her personal life.