maleficent

Letting a marriage fail I think is the perfect choice of words. When you let something happen, you do nothing to prevent it. That you aren't being proactive. It's probably more that people aren't willing to work at the day to day things - then eventually that escalates into the huge things.

Lack of communication

Not on the same path of change. People change as they grow older, the things they believed or thought were important when they were in their 20s, may not be the same things that they thing they believe in their 30s and 40s -- having two people change together -- on the same path - or be accepting of the changes in each other - -might be a litte rare.

Quitting is easy... Back in the 50s and 60s -- a person would get a job, and stay with that company most of their life. They'd do the same thing with a wife, because it was expected. (Divorce was a word that was whispered) Now being divorced is no big deal, staying with a company for 25 + years is rare, people beleive that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence --whether it be a job or a relationship...

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