Reality check
My friend is a lawyer that specializes in family law and divorce. I hate to be a party pooper, but many of the stories here are outliers.
Divorce is actually pretty easy, if both members are normal and even-keeled.
He said many people come in peacefully together. It’s not necessarily the standard, but it happens, “way more than you’d expect.”
Sometimes two people just want to get a quick divorce and move on with their lives.
He said that sometimes they’ll devolve into a bit of a battle over assets, but not usually.
He said one couple, after their divorce, sent him a Christmas basket one year. Basically they wanted out and he helped navigate the legalities of it.
There was no fighting or long, drawn-out court battles. Everyone left happy.
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