Divorce Hits Home When life was so much shorter, there was barely time to live out one’s adult life with a single mate. Today, the thought of twenty, thirty, or even forty years in a bad relationship can be a very weighty factor in deciding to leave (Ahrons 43). Many people in the United States have not survived a long marriage. So many people rush into marriage or get married for all the wrong reasons. …showed first 75 words of 2216 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2216 total…up getting divorced later down the road. Once the child grows up and he or she starts living on his or her own, there will be nothing left to hold the marriage together if love is not there (Ahrons 167). “If the love is not there and you both are unhappy, the best thing to do is get a divorce. Why spend half your life with someone, being unhappy and making others around you unhappy?” (Wilymz).