75% divorce rate in M/F marriages when the wife has a chronic illness.
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Anonymous
| OP, I'm not sure I'd put Crohn's in the same category as some other diseases where you become totally incapacitated/helpless/nonfunctional. (like ALS, which my mom had.) I am not really surprised by this statistic, though - men are less likely to be natural caretakers than women, I think. |
Anonymous
This summarizes two thirds of all the responses to all threads on this forum. |
Anonymous
| Well, that's a depressing statistic. OP, have you tried diet to help with your Crohns? Paleo, SCD, UMass IBD AID are all good options. |
Anonymous
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This is pretty well documented anecdotally, too. Doesn't everybody know somebody who leaves their wife when she has cancer (and after she's nursed him through multiple heart attacks or strokes?).
Yeah, men and women are different. I've fantasized about getting really sick so DH and I can divorce. But, I don't really want to get sick just to get a divorce. |
Anonymous
I'm really sorry your mom suffered with ALS, I can only imagine how difficult that must have been for everyone involved. Although very different from ALS, Crohns can most certainly leave someone incapaciated/helpless/nonfunctional depending on how the disease progresses. Going to the bathroom 30+ times a day, dealing with things like fistulas and recovering from bowel resection surgeries isn't exactly a cake walk, but regardless, it's not a competition. Living with a chronic illness sucks. |
Anonymous
Yes, they are. And it's mystifying why women don't realize this. Marriage is a patriarchal tool of possession and oppression. We do not need men. For any reason. One day, the eyes of ALL women will be open to this. |