Yup - and my separated/ex wife (4 months, have to wait 12 in the Carolinas unfortunately) realized this within 4 weeks and is begging me to stay with her even though I’ve already agreed and court approved to give her half our net worth (~$300k to her) and 13 years of alimony of more than enough to not have to work at all during that time and still live upper middle class. She spent one weekeout out with her younger sister going to bars and I think downloading some of these dating apps and came running back, but its too late. We’ll still be friends - we get along well most of the time, but that’s it.
...and so you touch on another of the points I’ve made here. Often the woman might be just fine, but what about the people around her, her friends, relatives, co-workers, etc. When they’re all saying “Divorce the guy, for heaven’s sake”, peer pressure is to resist. And that is American society today...which is why I went halfway around the world for my excellent wife. Back where she’s from, divorce was still a stigma, not a badge of honor.