>>114225722>alternativesDivorce doesn't necessarily do as much harm as single-parenthood. That's something statistically and scientifically proven to fuck people for life. I also think, at least in Western cultures, a big part of unhappiness in marriage is unrealistic expectations. I think people get married believing that marriage will transform them into different people, and when that doesn't happen they get bitter. Similar to what you see with people who pine for sex but after getting it realize they're still the same person and sex isn't magic. Marriage isn't magic either, but you see the same kind of belief about it.
I think a big part of rising divorce rates has a lot to do with unrealistic expectations. Sort of like how social media has made people more depressed because it presents a doctored image of reality that no one can fulfill or inhabit.
