The US divorce rate is at a 40 year low

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The economy sucks.

People are too poor to divorce.

Also, custody has gotten more favorable to dads. Many women are postponing divorce and just sucking it up because they do not want to only see their children half the time.

This exactly.

Oh no...dad's want to see their kid and the courts are finally listening to men's concerns...oh the travesty...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The economy sucks.

People are too poor to divorce.

Also, custody has gotten more favorable to dads. Many women are postponing divorce and just sucking it up because they do not want to only see their children half the time.

This exactly.

Oh no...dad's want to see their kid and the courts are finally listening to men's concerns...oh the travesty...

It is a travesty when the dad yells at them and tells them they're stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The economy sucks.

People are too poor to divorce.

Also, custody has gotten more favorable to dads. Many women are postponing divorce and just sucking it up because they do not want to only see their children half the time.

This exactly.

Oh no...dad's want to see their kid and the courts are finally listening to men's concerns...oh the travesty...

It is a travesty when the dad yells at them and tells them they're stupid.

Because all dads do that..you're a moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The economy sucks.

People are too poor to divorce.

Also, custody has gotten more favorable to dads. Many women are postponing divorce and just sucking it up because they do not want to only see their children half the time.

This exactly.

Oh no...dad's want to see their kid and the courts are finally listening to men's concerns...oh the travesty...

No one said dad's wanting shared custody is a bad thing. It is great for kids to have involved fathers.

I have a good marriage and come from a faith tradition where divorce is not something I believe in except in very specific cases (abuse and infidelity).

However, if I did not have those religious beliefs, I would still not consider divorce except in the cases above (abuse or infidelity) specifically because it would break my heart to only be a part of my kids 1/2 the time, miss holidays like Christmas or Easter, see some other woman raising my babies half of the time, etc. I would not want to rock my kid's world and have them grow up being shuffled around except under the dire circumstances above. If I just fell out of love with my husband, or was bored, or was having a mid life crisis, I would just suck it up until my kids were out of the house rather than get a divorce.

Having my kids only half the time is that distasteful to me, and I imagine many other women. That is why many women turn a blind eye to infidelity. They can handle sharing their husband but the idea of sharing their kids tears them apart.

[Anonymous]

Yes, you'd be surprised at how you'll even find ways to deal with fixing infidelity and abuse issues so that you can attempt to keep your family together.

[Anonymous]

The divorce rate has been falling since the women's liberation movement in the 70s/early 80s. The reasons it is falling should be pretty obvious by looking at the gains women made in that time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The economy sucks.

People are too poor to divorce.

Also, custody has gotten more favorable to dads. Many women are postponing divorce and just sucking it up because they do not want to only see their children half the time.

This exactly.

Oh no...dad's want to see their kid and the courts are finally listening to men's concerns...oh the travesty...

It is a travesty when the dad yells at them and tells them they're stupid.

And if it's the mom who yells at them and tells them they'e stupid, at least they only have to deal with that 50% of the time now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it takes two working adults to support a household, that means most of us can't afford to split up.

That's a big "If." I support one child on my teaching salary. Sometimes I get CS, sometimes I don't. It is doable but I don't think a lot of people want to give up their plush lifestyle.