[BubbaBasher]

Are we to believe that the only reason your wife kicked you out was that divorce laws were favorable? I agree with the rest of your statement but to put the blame on a law is foolish. What if you could never divorce? People would be forced to live their lives in miserable and often dangerous situations. Even with No-Fault divorce, it's not easy and most people don't choose it lightly. I'm going through it now and would have taken this route regaurdless of how difficult it was made.

[Orangedog]

No, the reason she wanted me out was because she got bored. The no fault divorce laws just made it easy for her to do and guaranteed her a very favorable outcome.

Persoanlly I'm ashamed of the past two generations, mine included. They built this monster and now it's not only eaten us out of house and home, but it's here to stay for our kids to deal with in the future. My grandparent's generation believed in commitment. If they made one, they stuck to it. My grandparents were married for over 50 years...and a few of those were actually good! ;) Sure they bickered and sniped at each other, but to them it would have been the worst humiliation to get a divorce. Now there are litterally tens of thousands of jobs that absolutely depend on half of the marriages ending in divorce.

[Looking for Diogenes]

I'm going through [a divorce] now and would have taken this route regardless of how difficult it was made.

FYI, divorce is still illegal in many countries, including Chile and the Philippines, and only recently was legalized in Ireland. So in some places it isn't just difficult, it's impossible.