Seanus: Divorce is not really that onerous here, unlike in Scotland where the standard of 'irretrievable breakdown of marriage' must be proven. I think part of it is the shame that comes with annuling a marriage consummated in the Catholic church. They'd rather pretend that it never existed than face up to the problem. To me, such types are downright irresponsible
Seanus: Boredom causes funny reactions.
Polonius3: hypocrites who for the sake of convenience, expediency, gain or change of taste break their oath 'till death do you part'?
Polonius3: a man's word is his bond. Oaths are meant to be kept
In the US we have "no fault" divorces. One needs any or no reason at all to just call it quits and there's not anything the spurned spouse can do about it. A full half of marriages fail these days. And many other couples simply never bother and just shack up together. The result has been that marriage is no longer valued, it is seen as something not permanent, disposable. And we have seen a slow decline of the family unit and the resulting social problems associated in our society. That's why some of us have never taken the plunge. We take our word more seriously so when we say "I do" we'll mean it.
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