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I... don't know. I think visitation rights are genuinely an area where men have it worse. That said, I know plenty of women who didn't do well out of divorce.

I... don't know. I think visitation rights are genuinely an area where men have it worse. That said, I know plenty of women who didn't do well out of divorce. My mother was divorced for much of my childhood, and so were many of her friends. Several of the ex-husbands fiddled their income such that they paid minimal support while having enough money to go gallivanting around the world. Thanks for sharing, in any case. It's all food for thought -- and clearly, something needs to be done about visitation rights.

Wildgoose 11y ago
Yes, it's a complex and mixed picture on both sides. I think one of the reasons I have a successful marriage is that when we first got together we had absolutely nothing and were just struggling to survive. Everything we achieved has been an improvement that we have done together. Too many people nowadays seem to expect perfection from Day One and when that doesn't happen they take the easy way out by walking away. I find it interesting that there is a negative correlation between having a honeymoon and having a successful marriage. People get married with an enormous party and then go on the holiday of a lifetime. They come back and it's all downhill from that point. By contrast we had a 2-day coach mini-break to Scotland. I was Best Man (and my wife Matron of Honour) for our closest friends. Their honeymoon was three nights in a tent on the East Coast (of England). Another friend went into debt having a massive holiday in the Maldives, (against my advice - I was his Best Man also). He is now divorced. Compare and contrast.