I think what ZD is saying is somewhat different from what you are saying, Meno, even though it sounds the same. Both of you are saying that there are more divorces today as a result of the fact that it has become easier to get divorced.
However, the difference is that ZD is saying that the marriages are the same nowadays, and these are the types of people who really should have gotten divorced in the olden days but didn’t. In other words, the high divorce rate is a positive sign, since it means that people who are being abused now have a way out.
But Meno is saying that there are people who would have been fine before and now have problems, so the high divorce rate is a bad thing.
I think there is truth to both. When divorce first started becoming more acceptable, most divorces were probably because of ZD’s reasoning. But now that the numbers seem to be getting out-of-hand, it is more likely that there are many cases like what Meno’s saying or for the kinds of reasons I gave.
Although, I do find it hard to believe that anyone finds it so easy to get divorced, unless they don’t have kids yet or maybe have one or two.
I would think the main reason for the high divorce rate is that people have more issues today or don’t know how to work things out, but not that they think that divorce is so easy. But I could be wrong. You probably know more about it than I do now, Meno, because your wife is a marriage therapist.