The last end-of-marriage mediation meeting didn't go well

[Brewman_Jax]

for my friend. He told us at trivia last night. He has a 2-yr-old daughter with his soon-to-be ex-wife. I'll spare you all the gory details, but he has a hard decision to make.

Hold a good thought for him.

[ThomCat]

1. Who is he?

:shrug:

[Brewman_Jax]

2. Oops

updated for clarity.

[ThomCat]

3. Thank you. :)

I feel bad for people getting divorced. Obviously they one loved each other enough to get married. It's horrible that this falls apart.

However, unlike fundies, I don't think the solution is to prevent divorces. I think marrages should be less common. People should be highly encouraged to think for a long time before getting married.

And I think we shouldn't be attaching so many social, legal and financial benfits to marrage.

[Brewman_Jax]

4. I happen to agree with you

in this case, they tried mediation to negotiate the divorce and joint custody without going to court. To keep a long story short, she isn't cooperating in setting terms and dragging out the process.

In fact, I was surprised to learn that one of the premises behind arranged marriages is that marriage is too important to leave to emotions. (this is not an endorsement of arranged marriages, either.)