Quote: I have personal experience where the broken home is sometimes better than that same home being whole. I think marriage is take too lightly these days and people tend to opt out rather than fix whats broken and communicate their issues and compromise. That being said it is better to separate than constantly bicker and argue in front of the children. Sometimes differences can't be settled but this probably should have been given time to surface before procreation.
Absolutely. Staying together when you revile each other is a sure way to screw up your kids forever. A bit of irony, my three siblings are conservative republicans who like to espouse 'traditional family values' (which I've come to realize means 'what is best for affluent white people'). Between them they have had seven spouses. Me, I'm just a live and let live liberal guy. I've been married once and have stayed that way for 26 years.
Btw Chet, ya know you may be right there...well, you AND Ian here, anyway.
Ya see, I was just lookin' at THIS chart here(sorry Ian, I know how much you hate statistics)...
...and I got to thinkin' how "The Greatest Generation"(that would be the WWII generation, of course) tended to keep their marriage vows intact(regardless here of what "region" we're talkin' about, and so we certainly can't make this a "political thing" at all), and THEN if you look at us "Boomers" and the "Gen-X"s ability to stay together, well, WE'VE really screwed THAT UP.
And so, the ONLY "logical" explanation here is that because the "The Greatest Generation" tended to stay together(like my Mom and Dad did), THEN, like you and Ian were sayin', they must have REALLY screwed up OUR minds in the process!!!!
There is another glaring thing to be learned from that divorce chart.
When did women start getting really active in the job market competing for the same jobs men were doing?
Once they started to make that same money through the 70s and 80s how did they react?
After they were well established financially did they make better decisions on marriage?
Think on those questions while looking at the chart. I see a lot there. Now think that the heartland of this country develops a little slower to change because of cultural differences. I wonder if the women now are finally catching up to the late 90s and dumping husbands.
Remember the early years of that chart the ladies didn't work or didn't get paid enough money to sustain themselves. They became much more chattel d due to the financial problems for them following divorce.
I wonder if the divorce rates are not more about freedom. The 60s gave them a well deserved message that they were not second class citizens. They took that idea and ran with it.
I try to aggravate one person a day. Today may be your day.
