The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime.
(As long as we're quoting Pink Floyd here...)

The Lunatic Artist and I have discussed this topic many times, as we're both divorced and damned glad of it. We had similar experiences in that our spouses were not good fits for us, that their goals and ideals were not really the same as our own, and we both look back on our previous marriages with a frisson of horror as we recall what we put up with. (In my case, a lot of yelling, guilt trips, being told how much of a fuckup I am, waking at midnight when she got home from work and hearing her slamming things around in the kitchen because I left a beer bottle on the counter, and things far less pleasant than that...)

I believe that the rise in divorce is due to better communication and more options for people- where the previous generations tended to stay in bad relationships out of ignorance or fear or social and religious pressure, today people talk about domestic abuse and how no one deserves to put up with it. Our generations only seem to be more fucked up than previous ones, because now we're more willing to talk about depression and abuse and dealing with alcoholic spouses.

In short- I agree completely with the initial post.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 27 Dec 2007, 13:18, Reply)