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First, if anybody's buying into the myth that the divorce rate has risen steeply in the past 10 years or so -- don't. If what I remember is correct, the divorce rate has remained relatively constant since the 1960s/1970s. And I don't think it's a coincidence that the change took place alongside all the political chaos of the 1960s. Everyone these days is a lot less likely to stick in a marriage that isn't working, and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.
The thing is that things have changed a lot in the past century, and people no longer marry for the same reasons as they once did. I don't think that divorce should be anything to look down upon, as long as:
1) both people are in agreement
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2) there aren't any children involved (which will make the decision trickier, but shouldn't necessarily change the outcome).
That said, I don't think I would ever walk down the aisle with somebody I don't think I could spend my entire life with, but at the same time I don't think there's any problem with other people doing that as long as they're both on the same page.
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