Excellent thread here. I have to say, I hear and see the same thing.
I think people have forgotten to count their blessings in life. They forget what truly matters in this world, when it's all said and done. And that goes for the selfish husbands, too.
If people would just stop for a moment, take a deep breath, and be grateful for a home, a family, a decent job, good health, they might shake off that selfish attitude when they realize just how blessed they really are.
Marriage is hard work, and I think sometimes spouses forget that. Sometimes it takes something of this magnitude (i.e., a MLC) to see everything clearly for what it should be. I hope your friends, and mine, figure this out very soon.
Most of us really marry only once. First love endures, even unto our dying day. And we never really divorce.
