Couples Delaying Getting Divorced Due To Recession

Wall Street Journal:

Rhonda Brewster and her husband have decided they don't want to be married to each other anymore. But while they're ready to move on, they still can't move out.

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Comments

[rabiddog6708]

Read this great article on why the recession may be worse than most people think (or are being told by the media:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Nine-Reasons-the-Economy-is-usnews-1021116601.html?x=0&.v=1

[ScoutandBuckGoodDogs]

I dated a guy for a short time who had been separated from his wife for awhile. Due to her losing her job, they decided to wait because he would've gotten hosed financially otherwise. As it was, they were in a bad place financially. Good thing they actually get along.

That's the story he told me anyway! hehe...

[PresidentRobertBooth]

My first divorce was very amicable.

She got the children, and I got the house, the cars, and her entire collection of Liz Phair albums.

[Chaimirija]

do you miss your kids?

[PresidentRobertBooth]

***do you miss your kids?***

No

[wordvarc]

Many perceive a divorce as 'moving up' in some sort of randian independent way.
But divorce is expensive. The 'self-interest' equation changes in hard times.

[Ponderus]

Oh!

So the Bush Depression is a kind of Defense of Marriage Act!

Clever!

[tb92]

This is odd to me. In my community, a stunning number of relationships have broken up in the last six months. My husband thinks that people stayed together during the uncertainty of the Bush years, and now that they have hope again, they are deciding that they want better. So this trend might only be seen in very liberal communities. Or maybe we're just an anomaly. Is anyone else seeing this?

[bmermaid]

It can go either way- for some, the poor economy is a reason to part (the last straw in a problematic relationship), for others, a reason to stay together (they can't stand to make a bad situation worse). Bottom line, if you can't stand it anymore, you gotta go.

[lompe]

This is good news for John McCain

[AnalyzeIT]

*
It's always said: "it's cheaper to keep her."

However, that does not mean that he and or she will not cheat on the other.
*

[roshni]

It's not cheating if they've decided to split.

[Avanti2]

Old News. This was on the air months ago. ZZZZZZzzzz­zzzzzzzzzz

[weatherwaxx]

Wall Street Journal again. I suppose this is intended to prove Bush's financial catastrophe is keeping families together...?

[tlgeiger62]

I can relate!

[loki]

considering they say a majority of divorce is due to financial disputes, I find this kind of funny. I guess one side figures there isnt enough money to make it worth her while to divorce him.

[weatherwaxx]

Since most men are financially better off after divorce and most women are worse off, your logic is pretty limp.

[dct1999]

"Since most men are financially better off after divorce..."

Wrong, most men and women are worse off financially after a divorce.