I harbor ill feelings toward a society, and a clergy, that allows marriage partners to split over the smallest incompatibility, where divorce comes in a multitude of flavors, like Baskin Robbins ice cream, where men and women can blame one another and everything except themselves for matrimony's mess. They look for externals over which they have no control and, fingering them, take no responsibility. Robert Dykstra
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As for the society, it is hard to feel sympathy for them. They are not the ones who are hurting. They are not the one who has been neglected. Divorce is a sad reality that they have no control over.

What the society has control over is how they handle their divorce. The purpose of this quote is to criticize society for allowing divorce whenever they feel like it, without any consideration for what their spouse truly wants or needs. If you are truly devoted to your spouse, you will always be there for them even if your spouse does something wrong.

Source: She Never Said Goodbye

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