The curse of divorce Pt I

Sir Robert Anderson; a British author born in the 19th century once penned these insightful words, “In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find and continue to find grounds for marriage.” Of course he wasn’t only talking about reasonable grounds for divorce, which may in any case be compromised by some degree of subjectivity. KEVIN MOKENTO* writes

Quite a good number of people in or out of marriage would probably relate to Anderson’s sentiment. Some are doing well. Others are struggling to keep that flickering flame of affection burning.

A few are walking the tightrope and their marriage has unfortunately hit the highway to Splitsville. Some have already thrown in the towel. A handful of divorcees feel that they derived some sense of therapeutic liberation from storming out of their marriage.

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