<story><title>Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than those with sons</title><url>https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/02/06/daughters-provoke-parental-strife</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>da_big_ghey</author><text>Marriages aren&amp;#x27;t supposed to end except in death.  It&amp;#x27;s right there in the vows.  They are a serious commitment, and I think many take them lightly without realizing that they are intended to be lifelong.</text></item><item><author>andys627</author><text>What are some characteristics of a healthy end to a marriage?</text></item><item><author>da_big_ghey</author><text>Better than abuse and resentment, yes; healthy, no.</text></item><item><author>mattcwilson</author><text>It strikes me that GP is observing that legal divorce is happier than abuse, detachment, resentment, cold war, etc.&lt;p&gt;I think they have a point.</text></item><item><author>zionic</author><text>&amp;gt; but isn&amp;#x27;t divorce a pretty healthy outcome to a marriage?&lt;p&gt;How is this even a question, never the less the most upvoted comment?&lt;p&gt;No, divorce is not a healthy end to a marriage.</text></item><item><author>ThePadawan</author><text>Not to get too autobiographical here, but isn&amp;#x27;t divorce a pretty healthy outcome to a marriage? So not 100% the most helpful thing to measure.&lt;p&gt;My parents and the parents of some of my depressed friends are not divorced, simply because divorce requires communication and a willingness to reflect upon the state of your marriage openly.&lt;p&gt;As I said, I might be biased, but I think the hidden outcome of &amp;quot;not legally, but emotionally divorced&amp;quot; makes up a significant portion of turbulent marriages.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>samsa</author><text>Marriage is one of a very few things in life humans undertake where they are asked to commit to do something “for life” that they have never done before. And their closest vantage point is likely their parents’ marriage.&lt;p&gt;I think it’s not so much people take it lightly, as that they have no idea of what they are getting into and what kind of work a modern marriage involves.</text></comment>
<story><title>Parents of daughters are more likely to divorce than those with sons</title><url>https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/02/06/daughters-provoke-parental-strife</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>da_big_ghey</author><text>Marriages aren&amp;#x27;t supposed to end except in death.  It&amp;#x27;s right there in the vows.  They are a serious commitment, and I think many take them lightly without realizing that they are intended to be lifelong.</text></item><item><author>andys627</author><text>What are some characteristics of a healthy end to a marriage?</text></item><item><author>da_big_ghey</author><text>Better than abuse and resentment, yes; healthy, no.</text></item><item><author>mattcwilson</author><text>It strikes me that GP is observing that legal divorce is happier than abuse, detachment, resentment, cold war, etc.&lt;p&gt;I think they have a point.</text></item><item><author>zionic</author><text>&amp;gt; but isn&amp;#x27;t divorce a pretty healthy outcome to a marriage?&lt;p&gt;How is this even a question, never the less the most upvoted comment?&lt;p&gt;No, divorce is not a healthy end to a marriage.</text></item><item><author>ThePadawan</author><text>Not to get too autobiographical here, but isn&amp;#x27;t divorce a pretty healthy outcome to a marriage? So not 100% the most helpful thing to measure.&lt;p&gt;My parents and the parents of some of my depressed friends are not divorced, simply because divorce requires communication and a willingness to reflect upon the state of your marriage openly.&lt;p&gt;As I said, I might be biased, but I think the hidden outcome of &amp;quot;not legally, but emotionally divorced&amp;quot; makes up a significant portion of turbulent marriages.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xref</author><text>As nwienert said better elsewhere in the thread: “You’re emotionally tying yourself to Christian theology and claiming it as universal.”</text></comment>