Comments on: Divorces Drop Along with Housing Prices

By: Brian Knapp

Brian Knapp — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:49:20 +0000

Am I the only one more than slightly creeped out by that pic?

Thank you! Definitely disturbing.

By: An Interested Party

An Interested Party — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:42:22 +0000

Self-esteem has helped to destroy commitment? Should people have less self-esteem? As for "radical feminism", should we go back to the days when women were treated as property and had little to no say in their marriages? Funny how some people like to make the argument that allowing gay people to marry will somehow "destroy" the institution, seeing as how heterosexuals are doing a fine job of that already...

By: DL

DL — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:51:39 +0000

Whoops! Isn't that ring finger supposed to be on the left hand?

It's all about committment which selfish individualism, the me generation and self-esteem have helped destroy -radical feminism has completed the dissection.

By: Eric Florack

Eric Florack — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:41:35 +0000

(Photo by Tolkien Photography)

By: PD Shaw

PD Shaw — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:25:30 +0000

Am I the only one more than slightly creeped out by that pic?

Not at all, though originally I thought it was the middle finger that had been severed, which would have been rich in Freudian imagery. Is this a mirror image of the left hand?

By: Eric Florack

Eric Florack — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:08:45 +0000

Am I the only one more than slightly creeped out by that pic?

By: PD Shaw

PD Shaw — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:58:50 +0000

I should add that just because someone hasn't filed for a divorce doesn't mean that they haven't contacted a divorce attorney or a financial planner to strategize a divorce. Divorce might be a lagging indicator.

By: odograph

odograph — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:48:16 +0000

PD, Calculated Risk has a graph of employment to population:

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/06/employment-population-ratio-and-part.html

I suspect that the percentage of families with women as sole breadwinner is climbing. Check the original report:

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

The unemployment rate for adult women is lower than that for adult men.

By: PD Shaw

PD Shaw — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:26:24 +0000

I don't know if this follows my anecdotal observations, consisting of variations of the following:

men losing jobs and attempting to conceal it from the spouse;
men losing jobs and not getting a new job;
women feeling economically at risk from husband's behavior.

By: Mithras

Mithras — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:15:12 +0000

Just because people aren't filing for divorce doesn't mean they're not splitting up and moving out of the house. It just means they can't afford to file the papers.

By: Eric Florack

Eric Florack — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:14:30 +0000

common adversity is a binding agent

I know that's certainly true among my curcle of freinds, who have had problems.

By: odograph

odograph — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:05:20 +0000

A couple other possibilities:

1. common adversity is a binding agent

2. a person who is unhappy may mentally name the economy and not husband/wife as the cause

By: SV

SV — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:07:00 +0000

LOL. I want to see statistics on domestic violence rates during a recession.

Drinking definitely goes up + bad marriages = strong social fabric eh?