>There were consequences for that through - partner who hate each other, violence, abuse (verbal, emotional, physical). Alcoholism.

Yeah, the people who pine for the "good old days" when people married for life always leave this part out.

Abusive MEN in particular. Especially radical christians where divorce is stigmatized. It's like they take it as a free pass to just be hateful person. Honestly my dad more than anything made marriage seem worse than it could be that I figured if that's the worst case scenario, hoping for the best isn't even worth the gamble.

Yet, they always seem to remember what milkmen and secretaries were for.

I totally agree and don't think I'm idolizing the past. It's just a different world today and the culture has not caught up with reality.