I had an interesting conversation with a divorced woman about this very subject today. She lived as roommates with her husband for a long time and then got divorced. She said something to the effect of, "Once you realize that you are married to the wrong person, you can either decide to make the best of it and stick with it for the rest of your life, and that's not a happy choice. Or you can end it, but you have the children and you will always have to live with the aftermath, so that's not a good choice either. Really, there are no perfect choices anymore, you just have to do what you think best and live with the consequences." I thought she was very wise. She said she's been divorced 4 years, and she dates, but she doesn't know if she will ever marry again, because she is so much more cautious now.
