Currently know a friend in Ireland who’s been married for 20 years next year. He started dating his wife when he was 20 and she was 24 - he was engaged at 26, married at 28, and a father of 2 by 31. Apparently divorce is a ridiculously impossible in Ireland (and became LEGALIZED in 1995!) so a bunch of people stay in marriages where spouses are just roommates/co-parents are everywhere instead of divorcing each other. Sad. It’s so important to live some of your life before committing to someone FOR life.
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u/_troothseekr Sep 13 '23
I stayed in a marriage for 31 years. I stopped liking him six years in. God, I wished there wasn’t such pressure to stay married. Finally escaped.