Which pretty much squares with my own very unscientific survey of my own peers in their fifties. It's weird, the kids move out, and he gets served.
There is a political aspect to this, and not at all limited to this over-fifty crowd. "Family law" went through some very fundamental changes in the 70's with the concept of "no fault" divorce, it only takes one to decide to leave the marriage, and the other partner simply has no legal say in the matter.
And then, whoever has the greater income gets rolled. Sometimes it's the woman, but usually not. Hence the feminist obsession in the 60's and 70's with re-writing family law.
“”Among college-educated couples, the percentage of divorces initiated by wives is a whopping 90 percent.”
Here in Californicator land, with the moralities of Follywood and the Frisco area coupled with no fault divorce, his 90% stat is probably on the low side.
We can’t think of one divorce started by the guys in the 30+ years of marriage group. All of the women initiated divorces came from women, who attended college at least 2 years or more.
A younger female relative in her 40s, lives in the E Bay Area. She said a common discussion initiated by women in her neighborhood and school and other social circles is how most other women plan to leave their husbands when the last kid is in or finishes college. Most if not all of the women are college grads.
What we have seen and are seeing is 180 degrees from the husband leaving his wife in his late 40’s-to 50’s.
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