Life's short, get a divorce

[susan314]

I'm not even sure what to say about this one.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar...p1=MEWell_Pos4

[cheerfulgreek]

lol

This is bad. Totally bad. With the way couples look at marriage today, I don't see why they would even need to put up a sign like that. It's sad, but no one takes marriage seriously anymore.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

lol no one takes marriage seriously anymore.

I work in a law office. About 3/4 of our practice is in divorce/custody.

People take marriage very seriously.. and divorce even moreso. I don't see people traipsing in here on a whim.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I work in a law office. About 3/4 of our practice is in divorce/custody.

People take marriage very seriously.. and divorce even moreso. I don't see people traipsing in here on a whim.

Then why is the divorce rate so high?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Then why is the divorce rate so high?

I'm not sure anyone knows... but please, I invite you to stand in front of my office and ask our clients whether they feel they take marriage seriously. Go right ahead

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I'm not sure anyone knows... but please, I invite you to stand in front of my office and ask our clients whether they feel they take marriage seriously. Go right ahead

I believe you, it's just with the divorce rate being so high, it's just really hard to understand why.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Then why is the divorce rate so high?

1) Britney Spears
2) Fundamentalists who get married at 18 so they can engage in some God-sanctioned boning
3) People who get married more than once are much more likely to end up in divorce in subsequent marriages
4) Lack of adequate pre-marital counseling

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

1) Britney Spears
2) Fundamentalists who get married at 18 so they can engage in some God-sanctioned boning
3) People who get married more than once are much more likely to end up in divorce in subsequent marriages
4) Lack of adequate pre-marital counseling

o.k. I understand that, but why now? It wasn't like this 50 years ago. Was the counseling better then? What does Britney Spears have to do with it? She's an idiot.

[AChiOhSnap]

Originally Posted by Kevin

No one really knows -- but I'll bet we'll spend another few million dollars this year paying universities to do research on the subject!

Any investment to lessen the ultimate burden of ill-conceived divorce is fine by me.

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

1) Britney Spears
2) Fundamentalists who get married at 18 so they can engage in some God-sanctioned boning
3) People who get married more than once are much more likely to end up in divorce in subsequent marriages
4) Lack of adequate pre-marital counseling

CO. SIGN.

I think you've about covered 90% of American divorces...

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Then why is the divorce rate so high?

it's not really that high, it is just reported as that way.

that 50% stat people spew is way off, they used too small of a sample, and only followed people that got married that year. That doesn't mean that 50% marriages ended in divorse, only half an already small sample

[ZeroCool]

They took the sign down citing zoning reasons, whatever that means. The ad is a little tasteless, especially to those getting divorced for more legitimate reasons, rather than that they just want to marry someone hotter!