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This is sad, but divorce is even sadder. Both phenomena have many negative implications beyond the child's well-being, namely the economy. Consider the waste of

This is sad, but divorce is even sadder. Both phenomena have many negative implications beyond the child's well-being, namely the economy. Consider the waste of each "family" having double the housing, double the cars, double everything... It's amazing to me that western democracies seem to facilitate single parenting and divorce, instead of discouraging it.

tobylane 6y ago
From your reasoning I understand why you’re against divorced/separated/never-married parents but not why you’re against single parents. Against might be an overstatement.
watwut 6y ago
> Consider the waste of each "family" having double the housing, double the cars, double everything... Because alternative is often quite a lot of suffering of one or both parties. Even beyond abusive/controlling/openly hostile relationships, you have people who completely checked out of marriage long before divorce. Their partners finally calling end to it are just putting paper on what was reality before. The thing about traditional marriages with low divorces is that abuse whether physical or verbal was a fact of life in many families. It also often meant alcoholic or gambling partner for years, it meant couples that looked down at each other. Nowdays alcohol was replaced by gaming all the time in some couples, which is milder, but still fully understandable.
- toyg 6y ago
  > Nowadays alcohol was replaced by gaming And porn.
627467 6y ago
I think you're jumping to conclusions. I mean, it may be true that most co-parents still don't share many of the physical assets but considering how co-living has been increasing in the last decade it would only make sense for co-parents to arrange for something similar. I mean, even divorced parents tend to try to live close to each other. Why wouldn't amicably arranged co-parents not opt for the same if that means easier parenting and living costs?

tobylane 6y ago

From your reasoning I understand why you’re against divorced/separated/never-married parents but not why you’re against single parents. Against might be an overstatement.

watwut 6y ago

> Consider the waste of each "family" having double the housing, double the cars, double everything... Because alternative is often quite a lot of suffering of one or both parties. Even beyond abusive/controlling/openly hostile relationships, you have people who completely checked out of marriage long before divorce. Their partners finally calling end to it are just putting paper on what was reality before. The thing about traditional marriages with low divorces is that abuse whether physical or verbal was a fact of life in many families. It also often meant alcoholic or gambling partner for years, it meant couples that looked down at each other. Nowdays alcohol was replaced by gaming all the time in some couples, which is milder, but still fully understandable.

toyg 6y ago
> Nowadays alcohol was replaced by gaming And porn.

627467 6y ago

I think you're jumping to conclusions. I mean, it may be true that most co-parents still don't share many of the physical assets but considering how co-living has been increasing in the last decade it would only make sense for co-parents to arrange for something similar. I mean, even divorced parents tend to try to live close to each other. Why wouldn't amicably arranged co-parents not opt for the same if that means easier parenting and living costs?