Posted on 05/25/2020 10:57:45 AM PDT by knighthawk
ROME — Two and a half months of forced lockdown has pushed many married couples into crisis, Italian media report, and divorce filings have seen a whopping 30 percent increase since the outbreak began.
Marriage counselors took to Skype and WhatsApp to help struggling couples cope with the stress of lost jobs and extended co-confinement during the 67 days of national lockdown but this did not stop the surge in requests for divorce, Corriere della Sera reported last week.
According to accounts related by counselors, the irritation caused by everything from badly squeezed toothpaste tubes, socks left on the floor, suspicious phone calls, and tight shared spaces has been magnified by the extended lockdown, resulting in a run on the divorce courts.
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We got closer for a couple months. Got to have sex 3x per week instead of just saturdays !
Haha! Having the wife working from home has been nice in many ways.
I was by myself so frequency didn’t change.
How about murders?
Funniest post of the day.
According to scripture, it’s the three-stranded rope that does not break: you, your spouse, and God. I imagine that the divorces are more likely to have been missing the God strand.
This is also why they had a bad time with the Wuhan Cooties.
Italian women can cuss you out for hours without taking a breath.
My “workaholic” business partner is always gung-ho to leave his house and work.
I asked him ONCE why he loves going to work more than me: he said “so I wouldnt see my wife.”
TMI. Lol.
I'm not into stereotypes, but, Yes.
The extra hours at work don't translate into better performance either.
It was an eye opener to me to realize that they expected their coworkers to be more than coworkers and fill roles of interest and entertainment and would get annoyed with those who wouldn't play their games.
I've worked with too many who've admitted working well past retirement because they couldn't take their spouse.
An empty nest without distractions gets very real very quick.
Italian couple: eh what you say we getta a divorce?
Coppia Italiana: eh cosa dici che divorzeremo?
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