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I should have have listened to my mom about all men being trash. She’s been happily divorced for 2 decades now!
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Anonymous 1d

Happily and divorced are oxymorons, no matter how well you can act. It sounds like the bitterness and toxicity that your mother projected onto you over the years has rendered you incapable of forming a healthy relationship which sucks and I’m sorry

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Anonymous 20h

That’s an awful way to look at all men. My family doesn’t have good marriages and have needed in divorce/seperation. One of the marriages are due to cheating on the female side. Haven’t always had good relationships with most of men in my fam besides one tbh. But still not every guy is bad that’s just simply not true at all. There are happily married women. Not all men are awful or the same just because you had a bad experience with one guy. That bad guy doesn’t speak for or label all guys.

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Anonymous 21h

LITERAL definition of sour grapes lmao. “I failed to find a quality man therefore quality men do not exist.” Hopefully you don’t let her influence you too much OP.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 23h

Yes you can be divorced and happy, especially as a woman, when married women are statistically less happy than men.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 22h

Statistically why would you compare married women with married men? A better comparison would be comparing married women to divorced women

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 21h

Here, this article talks about "life satisfaction" of women after divorce. Says that women in low quality marriages report much higher life satisfaction after divorce. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12063491/

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 21h

Said article, meant study, oh well

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

coming from a horrible marriage, my moms life has been so much more happier now she’s divorced. she’s divorced and happy

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

It’s possible to be very happy and divorced, just way less likely than if you’re married.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 21h

Is this across genders or specific to women?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

She was in an abusive marriage, she ran away with me when I was a baby. I’m not blaming her for anything

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

Ain’t her fault, parents r humans too

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 21h

Happy in life as a whole, definitely possible

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

I know my mom would be much happier divorced than she is married to my dad, but she feels guilty about breaking up the family especially because of my two little brothers. I hope one day she chooses her own personal happiness instead of constantly having to sacrifice herself for others

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 17h

Might be skewed by that lesbian marriages are counted the same as gay marriages. See the oft cited statistics about gay/straight/lesbian marriages and divorce rates.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 17h

I’m surprised widowed is higher than separated

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 17h

Well if your dad sucks as a husband that’s def one thing, but ig my point is you might be happier away from him, but there’s no joy in watching your family split up and your kids struggle. And for kids in that situation like OP it can definitely sour their view of the opposite sex. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

I’m pretty sure my dad would be happier not married to my mom. While my mom would still be angry and sad

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

Idk, I’m 27 but I remember when I was 13 literally praying to god for my parents to get divorced because I couldn’t take the constant fighting, domestic violence and cheating. If anything, their marriage soured my taste for marriage because I’ve seen how terrible it can be

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 16h

Well ya the literal legal act of divorce isn’t what I’m saying, I’m saying watching a toxic marriage

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 16h

Omg I’m sorry. I don’t remember any of mine. I was about 7 months old when it happened. My mom decided to run away from my father after he beat her

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

Men are the only ones nowadays who are actually happy in a marriage. Women tend to be happier while single.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 14h

The statistics don’t support this. Yes, statistics show that more men are happy in their marriages than women, but also that married women are happier. We need better STEM education in this country

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