[highball]

How naive this writer be. The cause of the bulk of divorces is that "women change". Within 3 to 5 years after marriage they neither look nor act remotely like the friendly, supportive, thin bride they once were.

That's a clever line but you seem to have inadvertently switched the sexes, given that the "bulk of divorces" are instigated by women.

[Kelly_2000]

"given that the "bulk of divorces" are instigated by women."

Instigated? this can mean that the man was guilty of infidelity so it would not be helpful to look at which gender "instigates" the divorce. This is assuming that infidelity of either gender is the real cause of divorce figures. My guess is that it is not, rather changing attitudes and "must have" society is really the factor

[T. Jefferson]

That's a clever line but you seem to have inadvertently switched the sexes, given that the "bulk of divorces" are instigated by women.

I've switched nothing, and yes women file 2/3rds of the time...that's an unrelated issue. Many women rent a guy for a few years, then purposely become an intolerable overweight anchor, one day announce they're bored and steal half his estate, future income, and retirement. Then they get thin again and start over. In the real world many would consider this theft by deception.