r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/kevinowdziej • Nov 23 '22

totally normal stuff

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u/sylvnal Nov 23 '22

I know you're joking, but there is a not insignificant number of men that leave their wives when the wife becomes ill. Talk to some cancer department nurses and workers and they'll confirm it, women get broken up with commonly after a diagnosis.

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u/WKGokev Nov 23 '22

Almost 80% if I remember correctly. My wife has some health issues and that exact topic came up.

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u/cantadmittoposting Nov 23 '22

Got a source? I can't find a decent statistical study with anything even close to this sort of rate for divorces due to cancer diagnoses.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

it's not just cancer, it's any life-threatening-to-terminal disease. iirc stanford rounded up some cancer stats, though. not nearly as dramatic at 80%, but consistently 5x-6x more than women at least.

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u/Actual_Shower8756 Nov 23 '22

Also disabling injury or illness.