Half of marriages end in divorce. You can't describe that many marriages as "abusive" relationships.
Which is NOT to say that half the people who get married will get divorced.
You do understand the difference don't you?
I never said that most of the divorces are a result of the situation I described....I am sure that most divorces are not the result of such an extreme situation..my point was, that one cannot and should not make a blanket statement that staying together is always better than getting a divorce...in some cases, such I as describe, I think that people can agree, divorce was the better choice...