What do you think is contributing to the high divorce rates in the west and Europe?
I think the truth behind a lot of divorces lies in the lifestyles that we lead. Marriage is really about two people becoming one… and many of us today are not willing to lose a part of ourselves to the marriage. As men and women we are not as dependent on each other to survive anymore. The playing field is certainly not level yet, but the ability of women to go to college, to have aspiring careers, and to provide for themselves financially has changed everything. Women working and being in control and independent is a great thing, but what we really did not see is the way that men would react to it. A lot of men change the amount of respect that they have for the women in their lives and are intimidated by treating women as equals. Still worse, we don’t enjoy the benefits of these two-income households to improve our families and our lives, we waste them on homes we can’t afford and on countless money-sucking technological advances that we do not even need… Most of all people don’t
Throw away society, divorce is more acceptable, unwilling to work on communication…I think it all boils down to a general lack of personal responsibility and maturity in modern society. I can’t pinpoint an exact cause but I suspect that the parents of the baby boomers were more successful financially than their parents and, having lived through the depression and war rationing, were more indulgent with their children than they might have been otherwise and it has snowballed from there. I met my ex when we were in 4th grade and married him when we were in our 20’s. Among his many problems my ex didn’t think bills were a worthy investment and turned down over time because “he wasn’t going to be like his dad and spend all his time working and have nothing to show for it.” Instead he has spent his life watching cartoons, playing video games and reading comic books. Now he’s 40, was just evicted again, moved in with his in-laws again, and attributes everything I’ve achieved since leaving
