Introduction

 

If you saw the emotional turmoil portrayed in the movies War of the Roses and Kramer vs. Kramer, you’d probably think twice about divorce.  Unhappy individuals who believe that ending their marriage would make them happier are often living a myth.

 

Chances are that they’ve attributed the failure of the marriage to their spouse, dispensing with self-examination.  Blaming the other instead of oneself becomes the favorite pastime, the most convenient means to walk away.

 

By failing to accept their own frailties, and not realizing that they’ve entered the marriage with unreasonable demands and unrealistic expectations, they unconsciously released the forces leading to a potential separation. 

 

There’s also the phenomenon of short memories.  For some reason, the same individuals who vowed to support each other during their time of wedded bliss have forgotten their commitment and vows to love each other through thick and thin.

 

Our modern society has indeed become a disposable society.  This is what Alvin Toffler had predicted almost two decades ago.