Sometimes I wonder if _affluence_ is part of the divorce problem. In the long past, it was the rich and celebrities that divorced. Today, technology and debt has put a lot of things into the hands of just about everyone, no matter their income.
In the past, when people had comparatively few things and less money (or access to it), they spent more effort and time with their families.
People now how have affluence to funds and travel and now put effort into things rather than each other or their family.
They learn too late that their wealth and things, and the effort spent chasing them, didn’t make them happy nor satisfied. They never developed nor nurtured they family they could have had if their priorities were different.
IMHO, the growth of divorce is part of leftist lawfare and BS daytime TV.
Re: Technology
With medical technology, more people live longer. In the past, “divorce” came packaged in the deadly wrappings of infection and other diseases. Wait long enough, and one was eventually “divorced”.