> a different person would have at least made an effort to talk to his wife and understand why the marriage got to that point What do you know about him ? Mayb

> a different person would have at least made an effort to talk to his wife and understand why the marriage got to that point What do you know about him ? Maybe he already knew why the marriage got to that point. What's the point of continuing when the two agrees that the marriage leads to nowhere and that they are both unhappy ? To be fair, as I read it, this sounds like a pretty sane divorce. And sane divorces are far from being the norm.