| When is divorce necessary? When differences | | | | After all, people are only human. "To err is to be |
| become irreconcilable of course. When else? | | | | human," said Dr Johnson. He’s dead right! So |
| Factors leading to divorce could be tiny things, like | | | | what’s all the fuss about? If two people end |
| leaving toenail clippings in the bath, dirty socks in | | | | up hating each other’s guts, come to blows, |
| the bedroom or even snoring. Hardly earth | | | | and terrify the kids out of their living wits in the |
| shattering stuff, but to a once loving couple, these | | | | process, perhaps divorce is for the best. |
| little trivialities can quickly escalate into a daily | | | | Ah yes, kids, that’s where the trouble usually |
| nightmare. Eventually, one or other of the | | | | starts. Let’s face it when little baby Harry |
| partners is going to blow a fuse. After all, people | | | | howls his socks off at 2.30am and the entire |
| are only human. | | | | neighbourhood is alerted to this fact, tension runs |
| There are major factors leading to divorce as | | | | high. After all, a bread-winning dad needs his sleep |
| well, such as repeated drunkenness, violent | | | | otherwise he no longer functions properly at |
| outbursts, and chronic addiction to gambling. In | | | | work. So that’s another irritating little factor |
| these enlightened days where the credit crunch | | | | to shovel onto the heap of marital dissent. Good, |
| stings and purchase of both fuel and food require | | | | hardly enough to file for a decree absolute for |
| a second mortgage, the financial difficulty may | | | | though is it? Yes, it is, especially when dad gets |
| also lead down the slippery garden path towards | | | | plastered in the Rose and Crown before returning |
| divorce. It is after all, a rich man’s world. | | | | home from work each and every night. |
| Having said that, it could me a rich woman’s | | | | Still, apart from saving distraught unhappy couples |
| too. | | | | their sanity, divorce brings prosperity to the many |
| Then of course, that age-old problem called | | | | solicitors and legal advisors, eager to dispense |
| infidelity is probably one of the biggest factors to | | | | divorce litigation. Without divorce, scores of |
| couples parting the ways. Naturally, when one or | | | | well-meaning, industrious and useful barristers, |
| both parties are not really at peace with each | | | | judges and court officials would end up becoming |
| other, it’s only to be expected that they | | | | unemployed. Yes, divorce is definitely a necessary |
| should seek solace in the company of another. | | | | evil, for the good of all humanity. |