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Re:Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than thos... by catlifeonmars on Saturday February 06, 2021 @05:43PM (#26050768)
If the assumption is that the only source of change is internal to the relationship, sure. There are many sources of change that are external to two partners in a marriage, it’s not unreasonable to think one person may diverge from another to the point where a having a healthy, close, intimate relationship is unhealthy.
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Re:Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than thos... by Amezarak on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:21PM (#26051084)
It is precisely my point that these 'external' sources of change are nowadays one of the main problems and entirely foreseeable in advance.

For example, if one or both of them prioritize their careers over their marriage, and spend no more than an hour or two a day even in the other's presence, let alone quality time, for years on end, because they're busy at work or with something else...it's entirely predictable that they grow apart. That was the failure. They chose economics or the corporate ladder or an app that's changing the world or...over their marriage.

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