Boomer tropes exist because divorce had to be granted. It wasn’t just a choice by either spouse. It was a parliamentary or ecclesiastical decision, and if some jurisdiction got too free in handing them out, they could be reversed.
You were expected to get married and stay married until one of you died. Even if it meant separate beds and not asking why he frequented that bar by the docks.
Divorce is always an option
It didn’t used to be.
Boomer tropes exist because divorce had to be granted. It wasn’t just a choice by either spouse. It was a parliamentary or ecclesiastical decision, and if some jurisdiction got too free in handing them out, they could be reversed.
You were expected to get married and stay married until one of you died. Even if it meant separate beds and not asking why he frequented that bar by the docks.