MLC thoughts and observations

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This discussion has got me thinking about a couple of things.

First, statistics......

You can say that 50% of marriages end in divorce. However, that is for the population as a whole. You have to consider your sample. To me a more interesting stat woule be, what percentage of marriages end in divorce where the LBS chooses to not give up? You cannot consider a statistic to be useful without taking in to consideration the make up of the population being sampled.

Second, The differences be men and women in MLC.

This is something I have been thinking about for a while now. I suppose it is meaningless in reality, but it interests me and it is loosly related to this thread. I use to think that the difference was related to the WAS and the innate maternal instincts of women. However, lately, I think there is more to it than that. I think the the LBS plays a large role in the difference. From a lot of posts that I read lately, it would seem that a lot of the men tend to give up on their W much easier then the women give up on their H. It seems that lately, many of the men have been giving up. I'm not exactly sure why this is, but I find it interesting. There does also seem to be a bunch of bitter men around that are all too ready to jump in when a another man is on the edge with comments that are basically saying "welcome my way of thinking, now you are a man again. Run away from that crazy woman"

I will admit that my perspective is somewhat skewed because, like Jazz, there is no OM. I admit that if that becomes the case, I don't know how I would react (in terms of standing). I'd like to think that I would do the right thing for my children, but I don't know. I do not judge anyone going through that issue, I'm just making observations.