A popular new book suggests that women should get divorced to be happy. Does this fit with the research on most married women's satisfaction with marriage?
Yet a recent major national survey indicates that married women are much happier than unmarried women.As a therapist, divorce lawyer, and divorce mediator over the past 40 years, I always find it interesting when my clients generalize aboutand divorce from their own experience. After assisting with about 2,000 divorces, I must say that each person’s situation is somewhat unique, and their opinions about marriage range from quickly re-marrying someone else to never marrying again .
Contrast Lenz’ book with a 2023 essay by David Brooks, “To Be Happy, Marriage Matters More Than Career.” He points out that today’s young people are more oriented toward careers but missing the fact that marriage can be more emotionally satisfying. “As a culture, we could improve our nationallevels by making sure people focus most on what is primary—marriage and intimate relationships—and not on what is important but secondary—their careers.
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