Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than those with sons

Re:Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than thos... by smichel17 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @07:02PM (#26051345)

I think this is only true if you modify the initial condition to be "...an irreparably terrible relationship". Without that, there is a third point which may be true:

- Fixing a marriage which is turning into a terrible relationship is a better outcome than divorce. In this way, divorce is a bad outcome, the same way as coming in second in Jeopardy and winning $2000 is a bad outcome compared to coming in first and winning (say) $10 000.

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Re:Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than thos... by XorNot on Saturday February 06, 2021 @07:32PM (#26051516)

Is it?

It seems weird to say "well you signed some papers, so it's extremely valuable that you're together for some legal purposes rather then happy".

The point of repairing a relationship is to remember that you once were happy and can be again by correcting behaviors and the like. But it seems bizarre to assume that's assured - it's even more bizarre to think it would be wrong to acknowledge that maybe you'd only wind up content but not happy, and so a separation is still preferable.

Or that actually you'd be happier alone then with someone else, but not exactly miserable if you were still with them etc.

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Re:Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than thos... by whimsicalism on Sunday February 07, 2021 @12:14AM (#26052838)

Uh, why?

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