I think it is true that a lot of people want to live on their own terms and being less willing to compromise.
I see people blame technology, but I can' t agree. It's how technology is managed. We are still in control of it, and in control of whether we allow it to substitute for human contact, or human honesty.
Also our society is so mobile now. Currently the sustaining "in person" social networks that allowed us to get to know people well in person are not as common. I think it contributes to "ghosting" also. that is a modern phenomenon, almost unheard of when I was younger. How can you "ghost" someone when their sister is on your tennis team, or whatever....their mom works at your grocery store? Those types of connections seem less permanent now, particularly as adults with moving and relocating being so common.
For people who are divorced, it's having compromised for many years in a marriage and seen it fail anyway. So why compromise? Why bother? Eventually all of that "compromising " becomes too much if one person or both, feel too "put upon" too often.
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I see people blame technology, but I can' t agree. It's how technology is managed. We are still in control of it, and in control of whether we allow it to substitute for human contact, or human honesty.
Also our society is so mobile now. Currently the sustaining "in person" social networks that allowed us to get to know people well in person are not as common. I think it contributes to "ghosting" also. that is a modern phenomenon, almost unheard of when I was younger. How can you "ghost" someone when their sister is on your tennis team, or whatever....their mom works at your grocery store? Those types of connections seem less permanent now, particularly as adults with moving and relocating being so common.
For people who are divorced, it's having compromised for many years in a marriage and seen it fail anyway. So why compromise? Why bother? Eventually all of that "compromising " becomes too much if one person or both, feel too "put upon" too often.