So on my IG, I've never really shared much about my relationships on there except for food & friendships. I've had a couple people from my past who knew me pretty well realize/wonder where did my hubby go. Well, I guess there have been some comments where people see that I am different now. Different how? I don't know, but different. Do I have a glow? Do I post different activities now? I post what I post and it's mostly food because I am hungry all the time.

Anyway, I found out that my first work hubby left his wife. I was really surprised and I was really saddened by this. I am starting to wonder now that do more husbands want to leave a marriage due to unhappiness or is it equal? I don't remember how long work hubby #1 was married for, but my guess is over a decade. When you work with someone for over 5.5 years, you really get to know that person and I've met his wife and saw when his daughter was born. I am a bit devastated and I now think that nobody is happy in their marriage!

People change, circumstances change, but "love is not enough" as mother told me before many, many years ago (wait, maybe over 15 years ago. I was so surprised at this bit of news, I texted my ex hub about it! He's surprised as well. The pandemic + a traumatic event really woke him up to his unhappiness in his marriage and so he had to leave. I don't get it...I guess, I don't like people who quit and dismiss things. Is it running away? I'm going to look up what the % of divorce is now with my trusty ole Google:

U.S. divorce rate per 1000 married women - I have cited where I got these numbers from since it's from a law office page.

4.  Currently, the divorce rate per 1000 married women is 16.9.  Many experts feel that this is a much more accurate measure of true divorce rate than the crude rate.

5.  The divorce rate per 1000 married women is nearly double that of 1960, but down from the all-time high of 22.6 in the early 1980s.

6.  Almost 50 percent of all marriages in the United States will end in divorce or separation.

7.  Researchers estimate that 41 percent of all first marriages end in divorce.

8.  60 percent of second marriages end in divorce.

9.  73 percent of all third marriages end in divorce.

GEEZ, first marriage = for love, second marriage is for what, then third marriage has an astronomical number. NO BUENO!!! I'm tired (because it's 1:49AM) but I'm just tired of these sad, sad stories. Can someone please tell me about their wonderful love lives and how marriage is so wonderful because I just see divorces left and right. That's depressing! That makes me really sad to see others having to go thru this. It's really awful & I have a wedding I am attending at the end of the month! Yikes.

Am I trying to scare people who want to get married away from marriage? Nope, but I do want to say it is NOT easy. Life gets in the way but if you really care about your relationship, then you need to nurture it and care for it like your life depends on it. I certainly didn't and my relationship faded away. I can't emphasize this enough, but pettiness really kills it and selfishness as well.

Let me end this with something happy because we all need it...hmmmmmm.......Well, I found a cute puppy pic. You're Welcome!

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